Directed by: Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske
Released: January 25, 1961
Awards: Won BAFTA Film Award.
Starring: the voices of Rod Taylor (Pongo), Betty Lou Gerson (Cruella De Vil), Lisa Davis (Anita), Ben Wright (Roger), and Cate Bauer (Perdita).
History -
It was the first feature to solely use the Xerox® process for transferring the animators' drawings to cels. Prior to this, each one of the animators' drawings had to be hand-traced in ink onto a cel. The new process sped up production greatly, especially in a film that had so many dogs, and spotted ones at that. It would have been horribly time-consuming to hand-ink each of the cels. The famous "Twilight Bark," used to rescue the puppies, was later adopted as the name for the newsletter for Disney Feature Animation. Note the spelling of "dalmatians." This word is probably the most-misspelled Disney word, with most people misspelling it "dalmations." Dalmatia, however, is a place, so people, and dogs, from there are dalmatians. Based on the book by Dodie Smith. The songs "Cruella De Ville [sic]," "Dalmatian Plantation," and "Kanine Krunchies Commercial" were written by Mel Leven. Costing $4 million, the film did phenomenal business on its original release, and in its subsequent reissues in 1969, 1979, 1985 and 1991.
Released: January 25, 1961
Awards: Won BAFTA Film Award.
Starring: the voices of Rod Taylor (Pongo), Betty Lou Gerson (Cruella De Vil), Lisa Davis (Anita), Ben Wright (Roger), and Cate Bauer (Perdita).
History -
It was the first feature to solely use the Xerox® process for transferring the animators' drawings to cels. Prior to this, each one of the animators' drawings had to be hand-traced in ink onto a cel. The new process sped up production greatly, especially in a film that had so many dogs, and spotted ones at that. It would have been horribly time-consuming to hand-ink each of the cels. The famous "Twilight Bark," used to rescue the puppies, was later adopted as the name for the newsletter for Disney Feature Animation. Note the spelling of "dalmatians." This word is probably the most-misspelled Disney word, with most people misspelling it "dalmations." Dalmatia, however, is a place, so people, and dogs, from there are dalmatians. Based on the book by Dodie Smith. The songs "Cruella De Ville [sic]," "Dalmatian Plantation," and "Kanine Krunchies Commercial" were written by Mel Leven. Costing $4 million, the film did phenomenal business on its original release, and in its subsequent reissues in 1969, 1979, 1985 and 1991.
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