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The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) was a Family - Drama Film directed by Don Chaffey and produced by Walt Disney and Hugh Attwooll.

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By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 15, 2022 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

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 Mar... Read full article

The Three Lives of Thomasina

By Rick29 on Jul 16, 2012 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

"I made them what are today--though I had to be murdered first." Thomasina--complete with bib. This opening line to The Three Lives of Thomasina is spoken by the title character, an orange tabby cat who begins her life with the MacDhui family in Scotland circa 1912. Thomasina belongs to seven-ye... Read full article

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Mrs. MacKenzie: For a clever man, you have a lot to learn.
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With the exception of Thomasina herself, all the cats in Cat Heaven appear to have been transformed into Siamese.
During a scene in which Dr. McDhui is performing surgery, he asks his assistant for the "Spencer Wells". This is a type of forceps, named for Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, physician to Queen Victoria and a pioneer in abdominal surgery.
The song sung by the children - and, moments later, by Lori - at Thomasina's funeral is "The Bonny Banks o' Loch Lomond".
As with most animals in films, several cats were used. Unfortunately, the cats used were not a good match for each other: while both are red tabby cats, one of those used is a "classic" tabby with markings that show a "bullseye" on its side, and another used is a "mackerel" tabby with stripes on the side.
The film was first broadcast on television in three one-hour installments over three weeks on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.
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