{"id":128125,"date":"2022-11-17T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T10:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=128125"},"modified":"2022-12-25T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T16:44:51","slug":"dodie_dalmatians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/dodie_dalmatians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman Who Conjured Up Cruella de Vil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you hear the word \u201cDalmatians,\u201d the first thing that probably comes to mind is the Disney movie, though the particular version might vary, depending on your age.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127260\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127260 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05e2\u05dc_\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05d5\u05d2\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05db\u05e8\u05d6\u05d4_\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05e2\u05dc_\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05d5\u05d2\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05db\u05e8\u05d6\u05d4_\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05e2\u05dc_\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05d5\u05d2\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05db\u05e8\u05d6\u05d4_\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05e2\u05dc_\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05d5\u05d2\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd_\u05db\u05e8\u05d6\u05d4_\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea-1-422x600.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Promotional material for a Hebrew version of the 1961 Disney film, <em>101 Dalmatians<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is also a slight chance that you might also remember the book on which the films are based, and which had considerable success when it was first published. But do you also remember the author\u2019s name? No, it wasn\u2019t Walt Disney. It was an Englishwoman named Dorothy Smith, who was affectionately called Dodie. She gave the world <em>The Hundred and One<\/em> <em>Dalmatians<\/em> and the supervillain Cruella de Vil. She was also the author of another bestseller, <em>I Capture the Castle<\/em>, which was chosen as one of the BBC&#8217;s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, and which was also adapted into a film.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127250\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127250 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05d0\u05d4-\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05d0\u05d4-\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05d0\u05d4-\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05d0\u05d4-\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3-406x600.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hebrew translation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/books\/NNL_ALEPH002002653\/NLI\"><em>The Hundred and One Dalmatians<\/em><\/a>, by Dodie Smith, from 1966<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dodie Smith was born in 1896 and when her father died two years later, she went to live with her mother in her grandparents\u2019 house along with her mother\u2019s unmarried brother and sisters. Little Dodie was everyone\u2019s favorite and she absorbed her family\u2019s great love for the theater. At the age of 18, she enrolled in the Academy of Performing Arts in London, but after a few years she realized that she was not meant for an acting career. To make a living, Dodie began working in a furniture store, but this did not diminish her love for the stage, and she soon turned to playwriting. She managed to sell a screenplay for a motion picture under the pen name Charles Henry Percy and published a stage play under the pseudonym C.L. Anthony, which was also a success.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127269\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9-\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05ea-\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd-Pearl-Freeman-\u05e9\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05e9-\u05d4\u05d5\u05d2\u05df-\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9-\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05ea-\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd-Pearl-Freeman-\u05e9\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05e9-\u05d4\u05d5\u05d2\u05df-\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9-\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05ea-\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd-Pearl-Freeman-\u05e9\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05e9-\u05d4\u05d5\u05d2\u05df-\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9-\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05ea-\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd-Pearl-Freeman-\u05e9\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05e9-\u05d4\u05d5\u05d2\u05df-\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9-1-441x600.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The writer Dodie Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019ll never know if she would have been as successful had she published them under her own name, but when her identity was revealed, the furniture saleswoman turned playwright became a sensation (\u201cShop-Girl Writes Play\u201d blared the headlines). From there Smith went on to become one of the most successful playwrights of her time. Her writing career took a new turn during World War II, when she moved with her husband to the United States. Her longing for home led her to write <em>I Capture the Castle,<\/em> a book centered on a teenage girl who describes the world around her in her journal, while telling the story of her extraordinary family who live in a crumbling castle in the English countryside. The book captivated readers and was reprinted many times, making Smith not just a successful screenwriter but also a novelist.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127247\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d4\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4-\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0-\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d4\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4-\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0-\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d4\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4-\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0-\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05d4\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4-\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0-\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9-391x600.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cover of a 2018 Hebrew translation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/books\/NNL_ALEPH004794110\/NLI\"><em>I Capture the Castle<\/em><\/a>, by Dodie Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Smith\u2019s most successful book came a few years later, when she was 60 years old. The inspiration for the book were her and her husband\u2019s nine Dalmatians, the first of which was named Pongo, naturally. A friend of Smith\u2019s once commented that Pongo would make an excellent fur coat, and in that instant, the character of Cruella de Vil was suddenly born in Smith&#8217;s mind. The rest of the plot would gradually develop around the figure of Cruella.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book\u2019s success led to a phone call from Walt Disney who offered to turn her story into a movie. The animated film was released in 1961 (Smith loved the film, but was disappointed to not have her name featured more prominently in the opening credits), leading to a rise in books sales, and likely also to the translation of the book into Hebrew in 1966. About ten years after the first book was published, Smith published a sequel titled <em>The Starlight Barking<\/em>, but it was not as successful as the first and, in fact, the Disney sequels are not based on it at all. Incidentally, Disney also acquired the rights to <em>I Capture the Castle<\/em>, which was supposed to star Hayley Mills, but due to disputes between the screenwriter and Smith, the project was shelved. After Smith\u2019s death, Disney eventually released the film rights and in 2003 a feature film was made by BBC Films.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127253\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-101\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d3\u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-101\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d3\u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05d8-101\u05db\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd-\u05d3\u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disney released a live action adaptation of <em>101 Dalmations<\/em> in 1996, starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127263\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/101dogs-film.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/101dogs-film.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/101dogs-film-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/101dogs-film-417x600.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smith, however, did not live to see the film. She passed away in 1990, four years after her husband, who had died unexpectedly, and left her heartbroken. Her Dalmatian Charlie served as her faithful companion, support and source of strength in her later years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127238\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/518MWDBXE1L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/518MWDBXE1L.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/518MWDBXE1L-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/518MWDBXE1L-371x600.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As inevitably happens when a book is adapted to film (even one starring Glenn Close) there will always be nuances that cannot be transferred to the big screen. So it is with Cruella de Vil who in the book is even more ruthless and has an even darker back story. The same goes for the book\u2019s sense of humor, especially as it applies to human-dog relations, as can be seen from the book\u2019s opening lines, \u201cNot long ago, there lived in London a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs named Pongo and Missis Pongo. (Missis had added Pongo\u2019s name to her own on their marriage, but was still called Missis by most people.) They were lucky enough to own a young married couple of humans named Mr. and Mrs. Dearly, who were gentle, obedient, and unusually intelligent\u2014almost canine at times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So if you&#8217;re a dog person or have an appreciation of finely-crafted villains, or if you&#8217;d simply like to read a work by a talented, but unfortunately long-forgotten best-selling author, I recommend adding Dodie Smith\u2019s books to your reading list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And finally, a full disclosure to readers of <em>I Capture the Castle<\/em>\u2014I didn\u2019t write this article while sitting in the kitchen sink. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She went from selling furniture to becoming a successful screenwriter and author, but she wrote her best-loved and best-known work, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, when she was sixty years old. 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