Editing Dodie Smith (section)

==''The Hundred and One Dalmatians''==

Smith and Beesley loved dogs and kept [[Dalmatian (dog)|Dalmatians]] as pets; at one point the couple had nine of them. The first was named ''Pongo'', which became the name Smith used for the canine protagonist of her ''[[The Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' novel. Smith had the idea for the novel when one of her friends observed a group of her Dalmatians and said "Those dogs would make a lovely fur coat".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Dodie |title=The Hundred and One Dalmatians & The Starlight Barking – Modern Classics |date=2018 |publisher=Egmont UK Ltd |location=About The Author |isbn=978-1405288750}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About 101 Dalmatians |url=https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2016/01/25/10-things-didnt-know-about-101-dalmations/ |website=Oh My Disney |access-date=7 December 2019 |location="2. The story is based on Dodie Smith's own experience" |date=c. 2015}}</ref>

The novel has been adapted by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] twice, an animated film in 1961 called ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' and a live-action film in 1996 called ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]''. Although both of the Disney films spawned a sequel film, ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]'' and ''[[102 Dalmatians]]'', neither sequel has any connection to Smith's own sequel, ''[[The Starlight Barking]]''.