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Walt read the book, a year later and knew he needed to turn this into an animated feature so he set to securing the film rights of the book. That story was Dodie Smiths book “101 Dalmatians” published in 1956.

Walt did still love animation and wasn’t ready to throw in the towel, he also knew he had a talented group of animators and storytellers, je just needed the right story.

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In fact Walt seriously considered shutting down the animation department all together and focusing on TV and his theme park, Disneyland. This left the Disney company in a bit of debt. It cost $6 million to make and although it was a hit when it first came out and it received positive reviews, the hype of the film died down and the film never made back the money, at least not in the initial run. Prior to this film appearance, Sleeping Beauty was released which was an expensive feature. Tom Conway voiced the Quizmaster on the TV and Collie.Ĭlarence Nash, whose most well known for voicing Donald Duck, provided the barks for the ducks in this film. J.Pat O’Malley voiced Colonel and Jasper. The look of Nanny is based on actress Barbara Luddy, she was the voice of Lady from Lady and the Tramp and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty.

Martha Wentworth voiced Nanny, Queenie the cow and Lucy the Goose. Mary would later go on to voice Lavern the Gargoyle in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Animator Marc Davis also gained inspiration from actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, because of her love of fur coats.Īnother inspiration for the character of Cruella came from Mary Wickes who was the live action model. In the book Cruella is calm and sinister, whereas in the film, Cruella is designed to be very eccentric, over the top and loud. The look of Cruella De Vil was inspired by actress Tallulah Bankhead. Lisa originally auditioned for Cruella, but she knew she wasn’t the right actress for the part so instead, she asked to audition for Perdita and got the role. Lisa has revealed that while she recorded her lines, she was observed by the animators and all her little personality traits, like the way she holds her head, and her hand gestures made it into film without her realising she was doing it. Initially it was Lisa who voiced Anita, but when she got married and moved to Ney York she hadn’t recorded all of her lines so Cate Bauer was hired to record the rest of them. Lisa Davis and Cate Bauer both voiced Perdita. The live action reference model for Anita was Helene Stanley, who also modelled for Cinderella and Aurora, which is why these characters look similar.īen Wright voiced Roger, however Roger’s singing voice comes from Bill Lee. Just like in the film, Dodie’s Dalmatian had 15 puppies, one sadly died but was brought back to life by her husband.ĭodie has said that when she was writing the story she hoped that Walt Disney would want to turn her book into an animated feature. Writers: Dodie Smith wrote the original story, but Bill Peet wrote the story of the filmĭodie got inspiration for the story of 101 Dalmatians because her Dalmatians had puppies, a friend commented that a beautiful coat could have been made out of their fur, and there spiked the inspiration for one of the most iconic villains, Cruella De Vil. Can Pongo and Perdita rescue the puppies in time? Watch the film to find out!ĭirectors: Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske However terror strikes when there puppies are kidnapped and it is believed that the evil Cruella Di Vil was behind it, she was the one who wanted to turn those puppies into a fur coat. Pongo and Perdita are the happiest Dalmatians, they’ve just gotten together and already the parents to 15 healthy puppies.