marionette
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She also helped maintain Disney’s direct line to Fairyland, as Disney in 1957 would once again poach from Fairyland, this time puppeteer Bob Mills to run Disneyland’s budding marionette program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
At one point, he seems to become a marionette: the vertical line of the microphone stand dividing him in two, with gyrating arms and legs seemingly independent of each other.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023
A classic marionette might have eight to 10 strings.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2023
A master of the marionette has revealed he was also Tom Hanks's double in Disney's new live action version of Pinocchio.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022
Looped neatly over pegs beside each marionette was an array of dowels and paddles, strung together with thin black cord.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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