Saturday, March 29, 2014

Spaniels in movies - Lady and the Tramp!

I'm on a bit of a roll with this 'Spaniels in movies' research although this is the only other movie I could find. If you know of any other please share!
Lady and the Tramp is by far the most popular movie containing a Spaniel - an English Cocker Spaniel, no less! Most of you have most likely seen it so I shall not bother you with the plot, but I did find the following cute pics!

The original 'Lady' and the animated version
This is a picture that came from a press release for the marketing of the movie in 1988. The dog on the left belonged to the animator of Lady and the Tramp, Hamilton Luske and her name was Blondie. She was the inspiration for Lady in the animated movie.



The real Tramp and HER animated version

So, interesting fact! The dog that the Tramp was based on was in fact a girl! She apparently nearly had a very similar fate to her animated version i.e. the pound, before stardom came knocking at her kennel door that is!




Please do share if there are any other movies you come across or think of that contain any kind of Spaniel!

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