{"id":17203,"date":"2011-05-23T13:28:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T20:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17203"},"modified":"2021-01-30T23:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T06:23:07","slug":"one-hundred-and-one-dalmations-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17203","title":{"rendered":"One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I live for furs; I worship furs!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Poster.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA pair of dalmatians (Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer) rely on a network of animal friends to help rescue their brood of 15 puppies from the clutches of evil Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animated Features<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Talking Animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately labels this classic animated feature (based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians\">1956 children&#8217;s novel by Dodie Smith<\/a>) a &#8220;most enjoyable, consistently clever and amusing Disney cartoon&#8221; &#8212; thanks in no small part to the inclusion of &#8220;one of the greatest of Disney&#8217;s villainesses, eccentric and mad Cruella de Vil&#8221; (animated by Marc Davis as an &#8220;exaggerated, flamboyantly garbed and made-up&#8221; evil send-up of Tallulah Bankhead). From its charming opening sequences &#8212; in which our narrator, Pongo (Rod Taylor), laments the unmarried status of his &#8220;pet&#8221;\/owner, Roger (Ben Wright), and helps him pursue the beautiful, dalmatian-owning Anita (Lisa Davis) &#8212; to the &#8220;exciting escape sequence, in which [a network of] dogs use various means to elude Cruella and her cronies&#8221;, it&#8217;s easy to get caught up in this rousing tale of kidnapping and rescue, in which &#8220;good&#8221; and &#8220;evil&#8221; are so clearly delineated (who but a truly twisted individual would even <em>think<\/em> of making a coat out of puppy fur??!). As Peary notes, &#8220;many of the supporting animals&#8221; are able to &#8220;display enormous personality in very brief screen time&#8221; &#8212; though it&#8217;s slightly disappointing that the puppies themselves don&#8217;t have &#8220;more distinct personalities&#8221;, and I&#8217;ll agree that it would be better if &#8220;Perdita and Anita were as quirky as their male counterparts&#8221;. Watch for a couple of clever scenes skewering the mind-numbing quality of &#8220;modern&#8221; television &#8212; most notably the &#8220;What&#8217;s My Crime?&#8221; parody. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The charming opening &#8220;matchmaking&#8221; sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Matchmaking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Matchmaking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Matchmaking.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Matchmaking-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Matchmaking-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cruella De Vil &#8212; according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=1967\">James Kendrick<\/a>, she&#8217;s &#8220;a truly inspired character, the kind who, if she didn\u2019t exist, would need to be invented&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Cruella.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Cruella.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Cruella.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Cruella-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Cruella-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amusing satire of TV<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-TV.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-TV.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-TV.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-TV-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-TV-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Impressive animation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation1.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation3.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/101-Dalmations-Animation3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as one of Disney&#8217;s (many) enjoyable mid-century-ish classics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055254\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1961\/02\/11\/archives\/disney-film-on-dogs.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/101-dalmatians-1996\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/fantasy\/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians-disney-animated-1961.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/3231\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatedisney.com\/101dalmatians-platinumedition.html\">Ultimate Disney Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I live for furs; I worship furs!&#8221; Synopsis: A pair of dalmatians (Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer) rely on a network of animal friends to help rescue their brood of 15 puppies from the clutches of evil Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Animated Features Escape Kidnapping Talking Animals Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary accurately labels this classic animated feature (based on the 1956 children&#8217;s novel by Dodie Smith) a &#8220;most enjoyable, consistently clever and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17203\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67278,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17203\/revisions\/67278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}