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The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
Country of Origin: UK / USA
Year of Production: 1963
Running Times: 97 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.75:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Walt Disney presents
Copyright: © MCMLXIII Walt Disney Productions
Associate Producer: Hugh Attwooll
Production Manager: Peter Manley
Unit Manager: Basil Appleby
SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Robert Westerby
Based on the book "Thomasina" by Paul Gallico
DIRECTION
Directed by: Don Chaffey
3rd Assistant Director: Terry Marcel
(uncredited)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Paul Beeson
Additional Photography: Ray Sturgess, Michael Reed
Camera Operator: David Harcourt
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Gordon Stone
MUSIC
Music: Paul Smith
Orchestrated by: Walter Sheets
SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Thomasina"
Terry Gilkyson
Performed by Robie Lester (uncredited)
SOUND
Sound Recordists: C.C. Stevens, Gordon McCalum
Sound Editor: Jonathan Bates
RCA Sound Recording
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make-up: Harry Frampton
Hair Stylist: Betty Sherriff
Costume Design: Margaret Furse
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ub Iwerks, Jim Petherolf
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Michael Stringer
Set Dresser: Vernon Dixon
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly
Animals: Jimmy Chipperfield
LOCATIONS
Filmed at Pinewood Studios,
Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
CASTING
Casting: Maude Spector
CAST
starring
Patrick McGoohan (Andrew McDhui)
Susan Hampshire (Lori MacGregor)
with
Laurence Naismith (Reverend Angus Peddie)
Jean Anderson (Mrs MacKenzie)
Wilfrid Brambell (Willie Bannock)
Finlay Currie (Grandpa Stirling)
Alex Mackenzie
Vincent Winter (Hughie Stirling)
Denis Gilmore (Jamie McNab)
Charles Carson (Doctor)
and
Ruth Dunning
Ewan Roberts (Constable McQuarrie)
Oliver Johnston (Mr Dobbie)
Francis de Wolff (Targu)
Nora Nicholson (old lady)
Gwen Nelson
Jack Stewart (Birnie)
and introducing
Karen Dotrice (Mary McDhui)
Matthew Garber (Geordie)
Elspeth March (voice of Thomasina)
SUMMARY
Thomasina the cat, pet of a young Scottish girl, Mary, apparently dies
at the hands of her widowed veterinarian father. The relationship between
Mary and her father begins to deteriorate until Thomasina is restored
to life by a good witch and she returns to the household to save the
day.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Laserdisc Distributor: Disney (185 AS)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1981
December
25: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
2002
January
5: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 5)
2004
February
7: UK - television broadcast (on Five)
2007
January
3: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Die Drei Leben des Thomasina - German title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Blue Peter: 27 July 1964
REFERENCES
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
book into film, cats, reincarnation, the supernatural, veterinarians,
animal, witchcraft, witches, anthropomorphism
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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