Amazing Animal Actors Author:Pauline Bartel Hollywood is a zoo! — Celebrity animals have been stealing scenes from their human co-stars for generations, and audiences love it! Now, here's a book specially dedicated to those pawed and clawed icons of American popular culture. — A tribute to the furred, feathered, and finned creatures of Hollywood. Amazing Animal Actors highlight... more »s early movie stars such as Bonzo, Toto, and Rin Tin Tin; classic television favorites such as Mr. Ed, Flipper, and Lassie; and, of course, more contemporary stars like Bingo, Beethoven, and Babe.
Author Pauline Bartel profiles more than 40 animal actors with complete biographies, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and interviews with co-stars and trainers. A special “Miscellaneous Menageriei” section spotlights dozens of others showbiz critters who have catapulted themselves into the hearts of Americans, like Morris the cat and the MGM lion, and many others.
Your favorite famous horses are included: Trigger and Buttermilk, Silver, Champion, and Flicka. The your favorite celebrity canines were here also: Old Yeller, Asta, Benji, and Murray. Moose, pigs, chimpanzees, cats, and mules are also among the cuddly cast.
Packed with photographs, Amazing Animal Actors is a heartwarming and lively scrap book of all those funny, talented, and adorable animals whose amazing antics have stolen our hearts« less
I really enjoyed this book! It was a real trip down memory lane. The book has all the animal stars of my youth - Clarence the cross-eyed lion, Flipper, Lassie, Benji, and others. They also have some from the 30s, 40s, and 50s that I saw on late night TV. Animal Actors has highlights all the way to the mid-90s (when the book was published). It was fun being reminded of who was in the cast of my favorite shows and movies. There were a lot of behind the scenes info as well as background on how the stars were "discovered". Lots of pictures as well as text - makes a great "talk-about" book!