Susan Hampshire is pictured getting close to two kittens in this candid photo from The Three Lives of Thomasina ( 1963 ) released by Walt Disney Studios. In the film, Hampshire portrays Lori, a "witch" of the glen who rescues animals. One of the animals she saves is Thomasina the cat, whom young Mary McDhui ( Karen Dotrice ) believes has died. In a more recent DVD interview, Hampshire mentioned that she filled her apartment with cats and other animals to really feel as Lori did.
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The Three Lives of Thomasina is darker than Disney's other children's films of the 1960s. The relationship between the father, a veterinarian, and his daughter is surprisingly complex.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo! We watch this one a lot in our house.
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