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Perri (Buena Vista) is a squirrel who, presumably, was walking along the main stem one day, minding her own business, when along came a fellow from the Walt Disney studios and asked her how she would like to be in pictures-not in any old cartoon, but in a brand-new sort of thing called "a true-life fantasy." Assuming that her squeals were intended to signify delight, the fellow promptly popped her into a crate, and away she went bouncing to fame and misfortune...
...days of shooting she was photographed-in Technicolor, of course-peeping through the autumn foliage, splashing in her swimming pool, lounging in her penthouse, peeking roguishly from underneath the rumpled bedclothes. No doubt remembering the animated vermin that made such a popular success as Cinderella's coachman, Producer Disney surrounded her with plenty of cute little "real-life" mice. He also plumped up the supporting cast with the famous bunny brigade...
...Disney equivalent of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties, and added to that the well-known family of skunks. He even permitted Bambi to make a guest appearance in the picture-anyway, when a young buck appears, that's who the narrator says...
...George Bruns, the man who wrote Davy Crockett. When Perri sleeps, she dreams in a combination of live and animated effects, just like other movie stars, and the dream figures engage in the usual elaborate ballet-though of course they are not people, but dear little bunnies. Producer Disney has even provided Perri with a love interest: a bushy-tailed charmer named Porro. As Porro chatters away at Perri in squirrel language, Narrator Winston Hibler translates the scene in a voice so warm and soft that children in the audience may almost mistake it for Perri...
...commentary to a Disney film is always a literary experience. What puts this narration in a class by itself is that it is written, by Narrator Winston Hibler and Co-Director Ralph Wright, in verse for the most part-what might be called squirrelerel. Sample...