![]() ![]() The director wasn't sure, so he passed the idea by producer David Wolper.Īt that moment, Wolper was doing a project for Quaker Oats, and he knew Quaker wanted to get into the candy business. Then asked her father to make a movie out of it. She had read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and loved it. Now, why would a food company own the copyright to a Hollywood movie? Well, it all started with the director's 11-year-old daughter. In small type, it says the movie's copyright is held by Wolper Pictures Ltd. If you've ever watched Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, you may have missed one line in the opening credits. It was titled, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Seven years after that, the book was adapted into a movie. That memory stayed with Dahl, and years later in 1964, he published a book titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When writer Roald Dahl was a young schoolboy in England, he lived near a Cadbury chocolate factory.Įvery once in a while, Cadbury would come up with a new chocolate concoction, and give out free samples to local kids to see if they liked them. ![]()
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