![]() ![]() When the Radcliffes and the Pongos realize that their puppies have been dognapped, the humans turn to Scotland Yard. “I live for furs, I worship furs.” But the Radcliffes and the Pongos refuse to hand over the babies, and so Cruella hatches a plan to steal them: getting the material for her coats as well as revenge. “My only true love, darling,” she tells Anita re: furs. The pairs fall in love and settle down together in a neat row home near Regents Park (with a housekeeper known as “Nanny”), and it’s not long before Perdita gives birth to puppies: fifteen.īut when the puppies are born in the wintertime, Anita is visited by an old acquaintance, Cruella de Vil (incomparably voiced by Betty Lou Gerson), who attempts to buy the puppies to have their skins made into fur coats. The film is set in London in 1958, and tells the story of an affable dog named Pongo (voiced by Rod Taylor) who wants to start a family, and so concocts a plan to set up his human, a musician named Roger Radcliffe, with a young woman named Anita, who (more relevant to Pongo’s interests) just happens to own a beautiful female dalmatian named Perdita. If you have seen it (or even if you haven’t) you probably know the gist, but here’s a deeper dive. ![]() One Hundred and One Dalmatians (which IS a crime film) is a timeless joy, and an aesthetic marvel. ![]()
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