Big Screen Pooches

9 months ago 13th Jan 14:54

When it comes to animals on the big screen there seems to be nothing more popular than the trusty dog, and this weeks sees that trend continue with the release of Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

The Disney movie follows Chihuahua Chloe who, while on holiday with her owner in Mexico, gets lost took a bite out of the American box office when it was released last year. So here at FemaleFirst we took at look at some of the big screen's most famous four legged friends.

Lady and the Tramp

Released in 1955 Lady and the Tramp was the fifteenth animated film from Disney and had American Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a male stray named Tramp in the lead roles.

The based on a short story written by Ward Greene, called Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog, published in the mid-1940s the film was told from the point of view of Lady who has to deal with a baby joining the family before finding herself on the street.

Despite mixed reviews on release Lady and the Tramp is now considered a classic in the Disney collection and the spaghetti and meatballs scene still remains the film's most famous.

Toto

Toto was the real star of Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy's trust companion and they both find themselves blown over the rainbow and into the magical world of Oz.

Toto was immortalized in Dorothy's famous line, "Toto... I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" and in the Wicked Witch of the West's threat to Dorothy: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"

Toto was the original movie star dog.