"released by Disney Interactive. The ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"" soundtrack was released in 1961. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (franchise) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (also known as 101 Dalmatians) is a media franchise that commenced in 1961 with the release of the titular theatrical film. It is often associated with Disney, though not all media related to this property have been released by that company. Dodie Smith's books were the source material for the franchise. The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or ""the Great Dog Robbery"" is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the robbery of the"
"(including letters from Christopher Isherwood and John Gielgud). Pongo, the canine protagonist of ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"", was named after Smith's own pet Dalmatian, the first of nine. Smith got the idea for her novel when a friend remarked of her own dalmatians: ""Those dogs would make a lovely fur coat!"" The story was adapted by Disney as a 1961 animated film, ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". Smith wrote a sequel published in 1967, ""The Starlight Barking"". Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys ""Dodie"" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best"
"pet shops, bringing the total of Dalmatians to 101. Originally released to theaters on January 25, 1961, by Buena Vista Distribution, ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"" was a box office success, pulling the studio out of the financial slump caused by ""Sleeping Beauty"", a costlier production released two years prior. Aside from its box office revenue, its commercial success was due to the employment of inexpensive animation techniques—such as using xerography during the process of inking and painting traditional animation cels—that kept production costs down. It was remade into a live-action film in 1996. Songwriter Roger Radcliffe lives in a"
"I Capture the Castle I Capture the Castle is the first novel by the British author Dodie Smith, written during the Second World War when she and her husband Alec Beesley (also British and a conscientious objector) were living in California. She longed for home and wrote of a happier time, unspecified in the novel apart from a reference to living in the 1930s. Smith was already an established playwright and later became famous for writing the children's classic ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"". The novel relates the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in genteel"
"Jennifer Lash Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash (27 February 1938 – 28 December 1993; also known as Jini Fiennes) was an English novelist and painter. In 1961, she published ""The Burial"", her first novel, at the age of 23. Lash was regarded as one of the most promising young people among England's artists at the time. Upon meeting Jennifer Lash in Suffolk, Dodie Smith, who wrote ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"", remarked that Lash was ""almost too interesting to be true"". Lash was born at Chichester, Sussex on 27 February 1938, the daughter of Joan Mary (née Moore) and Brigadier"
"Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians is the sixth entry in the ""Disney's Animated Storybook"" point-and-click adventure interactive storybook Windows/Mac game series, based on theatrical and home video releases. This game was based on the 1961 film of the same name and its live-action remake. Like the two films, the plot of the game sees the villainous fashionista Cruella de Vil steal a series of dalmatian puppies from married couple Roger and Anita and their pets Pongo and Perdita, who then attempt to rescue them back. The game was developed by American studio Media Station and"
"Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone Janet Grahame Johnstone (1 June 1928 – 1979) and Anne Grahame Johnstone (1 June 1928 – 25 May 1998) were twin sisters and British children's book illustrators best known for their delicate, detailed prolific artwork and for illustrating Dodie Smith's classic book ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"". The twins were born in 1928 to successful British portraitist and costume designer Doris Zinkeisen and her husband, Captain Edward Grahame Johnstone. They attended the Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire during World War II; their artistic bent nurtured both at home and at school. Later, they attended Saint"
"Hall. It has been put up for sale and Mr Dearly buys it with money he has been given by the government for sorting out another tax problem. He proposes to use it to start a ""dynasty of Dalmatians"" (and a ""dynasty of Dearlys"" to take care of them). Finally, Perdita's lost love, Prince, returns. His owners see his love for Perdita and allow him to stay with the Dearlys and become their 101st Dalmatian. Disney adapted the novel into an animated film, released to cinemas on 25 January 1961 as ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". It became the tenth"
"their symbiotic collaboration, until the death of Janet in 1979, there was never a book illustrated under either one of their names alone. The first important book the twins worked on was ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"" by Dodie Smith, who was already a very successful playwright and author. In 1956 she invited them to illustrate her first children's book, and it was an immediate success, captivating parents and children alike. Eventually, Smith's book was made into a feature-length animated film by Walt Disney. The twins' further success with later Smith books, ""The Starlight Barking"" and ""The Midnight Kittens"", made"
"parks, since the Anheuser-Busch company's iconic beer wagon, drawn by a team of Clydesdale horses, is always accompanied by a Dalmatian. The company maintains several teams at various locations, which tour extensively. Dalmatians were historically used by brewers to guard the wagon while the driver was making deliveries. The Dalmatian breed experienced a massive surge in popularity as a result of the 1956 novel ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"" written by British author Dodie Smith, and later due to the two Walt Disney films based on the book. The Disney animated film, released in 1961, later spawned a 1996 live-action"
"Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: ""The Sea Hawk"" (1915), ""Scaramouche"" (1921), ""Captain Blood"" (a.k.a. ""The Odyssey of Captain Blood"") (1922), and ""Bellarion the Fortunate"" (1926). In all, Sabatini produced 34 novels, eight short story collections, six non-fiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and several plays. Rafael Sabatini was born in Iesi, Italy, to an English mother (Anna Trafford) and Italian father (Vincenso Sabatini). His parents were opera singers who then became teachers. At a young age, Rafael"
"101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (also known as 101 Dalmatians: The Animated Sequel) is a 2003 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure comedy-drama film produced by Disneytoon Studios, and the sequel to the 1961 Disney animated film ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". It was written and directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on January 21, 2003. It features the voices of Bobby Lockwood, Barry Bostwick, Martin Short, Jason Alexander, Susanne Blakeslee, Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, and Jim Cummings. It garnered DVDX awards for best animated feature,"
"a daughter Laurie Fondiler/Leven. His first wife was Vera and second wife' mother of Bill and Laurie was, Jeanie Francis. Mel Leven Melville A. Leven (1914–2007), known professionally as Mel Leven, was an American composer and lyricist who had a long association with the Walt Disney Company, although he also wrote songs for Peggy Lee (""Every Time""), The Andrews Sisters (""Commoners Boogy""), Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, and Les Brown, among others. Mel Leven was born in Chicago. His most famous song is arguably ""Cruella de Vil"" from the 1961 Disney animated feature ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"", which is"
"101 Dam-Nations ""101 Dam-Nations"" is a song written by Graham Dye and Steven Dye. The catch-phrase ""101 Damnations"", is a play on words, derived from the title of the animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians, made by The Walt Disney Company in 1961. The new catch-phrase, was originated in 1981, by singer/songwriter Graham Dye, and was used as the title, for a global-warning anthem ""101 Dam-Nations"", which he co-wrote with his brother Steven Dye, for their band Scarlet Party. It became the debut single for the band, and was released on EMI's Parlophone label, on 16 October 1982,"
"and lets her interact with the story. Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians is the sixth entry in the ""Disney's Animated Storybook"" point-and-click adventure interactive storybook PC game series, based on theatrical and home video releases. This game was based on the 1961 film of the same name and its live-action remake. Like the two films, the plot of the game sees the villainous fashionista Cruella de Vil steal a series of dalmatian puppies from married couple Roger and Anita and their pets Pongo and Perdita, who then attempt to rescue them back. The game was developed by Media Station and"
"102 Dalmatians 102 Dalmatians is a 2000 American crime family comedy film directed by Kevin Lima in his live-action directorial debut and produced by Edward S. Feldman and Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to the 1996 film ""101 Dalmatians"", a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated film of the same name and stars Glenn Close reprising her role as Cruella de Vil as she attempts to steal puppies for her ""grandest"" fur coat yet. Close and Tim McInnerny were the only two actors from the first film to return for the sequel, however. The film received negative"
"Frederick E. Smith Frederick Escreet Smith (4 April 1922 – 15 May 2012) was a British author, best known for his 1956 novel ""633 Squadron"" about a Second World War RAF Mosquito squadron undertaking a seemingly impossible mission to bomb a well-protected German factory at the head of a Norwegian fjord. The novel was made into a successful film in 1964. He also wrote the original 1951 story that the film ""Devil Doll"" (1964) is based on. The author later published a number of further spin-off 633 squadron novels between 1975 and 1996, and one more in 2007. Those books"
"without a consensus. 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (also known as 101 Dalmatians: The Animated Sequel) is a 2003 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure comedy-drama film produced by Disneytoon Studios, and the sequel to the 1961 Disney animated film ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". It was written and directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on January 21, 2003. It features the voices of Bobby Lockwood, Barry Bostwick, Martin Short, Jason Alexander, Susanne Blakeslee, Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, and Jim Cummings. It garnered DVDX awards for"
"composition, though he did write several works during that time. Sabatini died in Switzerland February 13, 1950. He was buried in Adelboden, Switzerland. On his headstone his wife had written, ""He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad"", the first line of ""Scaramouche"". Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: ""The Sea Hawk"" (1915), ""Scaramouche"" (1921), ""Captain Blood"" (a.k.a. ""The Odyssey of Captain Blood"") (1922), and ""Bellarion the Fortunate"" (1926). In"
"Mel Leven Melville A. Leven (1914–2007), known professionally as Mel Leven, was an American composer and lyricist who had a long association with the Walt Disney Company, although he also wrote songs for Peggy Lee (""Every Time""), The Andrews Sisters (""Commoners Boogy""), Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, and Les Brown, among others. Mel Leven was born in Chicago. His most famous song is arguably ""Cruella de Vil"" from the 1961 Disney animated feature ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"", which is claimed to have been written in homage to Thelonious Monk's ""Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are"". That same year, he also wrote the"
"Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction. Widely known for his dystopian novel ""Fahrenheit 451"" (1953), and his science-fiction and horror-story collections, ""The Martian Chronicles"" (1950), ""The Illustrated Man"" (1951), and ""I Sing the Body Electric"" (1969), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers. While most of his best known work is in speculative fiction, he also wrote in other genres, such as the coming-of-age novel ""Dandelion Wine"" (1957) and"
"Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy (born Charles McCarthy; July 20, 1933) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres. McCarthy's fifth novel, ""Blood Meridian"" (1985), was on ""Time"" magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language books published since 1923. For ""All the Pretty Horses"" (1992), he won both the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. His 2005 novel ""No Country for Old Men"" was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ""All the Pretty Horses"","
"the 21st century. Among his television shows as a regular are: Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 films, including ""The Time Machine"" (1960), ""The Birds"" (1963), and ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"" (1961). Taylor was born on 11 January 1930 in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, the only child of William Sturt Taylor, a steel construction contractor and commercial artist, and Mona Taylor (née Thompson), a writer of more than a hundred short stories and children's books. His middle name comes from his great-great"
"Island of the Blue Dolphins Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 children's novel by American writer Scott O'Dell, which tells the story of a 12-year-old girl stranded alone for years on an island off the California coast. It is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a Nicoleño Native American left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island during the 19th century. ""Island of the Blue Dolphins"" won the Newbery Medal in 1961. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1964. O'Dell later wrote a sequel, ""Zia"", published in 1976. The 50th"
"Tudor Owen (actor) Roy Tudor Owen (20 January 1898 – 13 March 1979), known professionally as just Tudor Owen, was a Welsh character actor. Owen was most famous for voicing the role of Towser in the 1961 Disney movie ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". Owen was born on 20 January 1898 in the Welsh town of Penarth, Glamorgan. After serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I he went to RADA in London. He began his career in the 1926 silent film ""Bride of the Storm"" as Funeral Harry. His next film role was 22 years later"
"the script for ""Saving Mr. Banks"" and ""Fifty Shades of Grey"" will instead write the film. On April 25, 2016, it was confirmed that Emma Stone accepted the titular role. On December 14, 2016, it was announced that Marc Platt will also produce the film while Alex Timbers is in negotiations to direct it, which will be an origin story set in the 1980s. is an animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation in association with Jumbo Pictures, and ran from 1997-8. It is based upon the 1961 Disney animated comedy feature and its 1996 live-action remake. ""101 Dalmatians:"
"Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 films, including ""The Time Machine"" (1960), ""The Birds"" (1963), and ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"" (1961). Taylor was born on 11 January 1930 in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, the only child of William Sturt Taylor, a steel construction contractor and commercial artist, and Mona Taylor (née Thompson), a writer of more than a hundred short stories and children's books. His middle name comes from his great-great grand uncle, Captain Charles Sturt, a British explorer of the Australian"
"(1965), and ""The Owl Service"" (1967). The latter work is an adaptation of the myth of Blodeuwedd from the ""Mabinogion"", set in modern Wales, and for it Garner won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. Mary Norton wrote ""The Borrowers"" (1952), featuring tiny people who borrow from humans. Dodie Smith's ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"" was published in 1956. Philippa Pearce's ""Tom's Midnight Garden"" (1958) has him opening the garden door at night and entering into a different age. The heroine of ""Charlotte Sometimes"" by Penelope Farmer (1969)"
"Dalton Trumbo James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist who scripted many award-winning films including ""Roman Holiday"", ""Exodus"", ""Spartacus"", and ""Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"". One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. He, along with the other members of the Hollywood Ten and hundreds of other industry professionals, was subsequently blacklisted by that industry. His talents as one of the top screenwriters allowed him to continue working clandestinely, producing"
"Doris Gates Doris Gates (November 26, 1901 – September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction. Her novel ""Blue Willow"", about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner. A librarian in Fresno, California, Gates lived and worked among the people described in her novels. She is also known for her collections of Greek mythology. Doris Gates was born on November 26, 1901, in Mountain View, California, the oldest daughter of Charles Obed and Bessie Louise"
"extensive 35mm production materials relating to the 1971 anti-war film ""Johnny Got His Gun"". Dalton Trumbo James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist who scripted many award-winning films including ""Roman Holiday"", ""Exodus"", ""Spartacus"", and ""Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"". One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. He, along with the other members of the Hollywood Ten and hundreds of other industry professionals, was subsequently blacklisted by that industry. His"
"Margery Sharp Clara Margery Melita Sharp (25 January 1905 – 14 March 1991), was an English author of 26 novels for adults, 14 children's novels, 4 plays, 2 mysteries, and numerous short stories. Her most famous work is ""The Rescuers"" series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was later adapted in two animated feature films, ""The Rescuers"" and ""The Rescuers Down Under"" by Disney. Sharp was born in the district of Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire, England, although her family originated from northern Yorkshire. She spent part of her childhood in Malta, a period she later drew on"
"original 1961 animated version, ""."" A video game based on the film entitled """" was released in May 1997. On review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, ""101 Dalmatians"" has an approval rating of 39% and an average rating of 5.3/10 from 36 reviews. The site's critic consensus reads: ""Neat performance from Glenn Close aside, ""101 Dalmatians"" is a bland, pointless remake."" Animal rights organizations protested the film's release, saying that Dalmatian sales shot up after the premiere, fueled by impulsive purchases of puppies by parents for their children. Being ill-prepared to care for a relatively difficult breed of dog past puppy-hood, many"