Mary and her playmates Hughie Stirling (Vincent Winter), and Jamie and Geordie McNab (Denis Gilmore and Matthew Garber) and other friends give Thomasina a funeral. They take her out to the glen beyond the town, but are unintentionally frightened away by "Mad Lori" MacGregor (Susan Hampshire), a beautiful kindhearted young woman who lives in the glen and was attracted by the children's singing and bagpipe playing. As a friend of the Dotrice family, Karen’s father, Shakespearian actor Roy Dotrice, called Matthew to the attention of Disney Casting, where his use of “artful dodges, like squinting, screwing up his nose, and brushing his hair back with one hand” opened the gate to the Studio lot. She realizes she misses something very important, but she doesn't know what. After Matthew’s treasured contributions to Disney motion pictures, he returned to England, but little is known about him from that time forward. Hy was bekend vir sy rolle in die rolprente The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), The Gnome-Mobile (1967), en The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009). They take her out to the glen beyond the town, but are (unintentionally) frightened away by "Mad Lori" MacGregor (Susan Hampshire), a beautiful and kindhearted young woman who lives in the glen and was attracted by the children's singing and bagpipe playing. [3], Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God, "Karen Dotrice: Disney Legends, Film, Television", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Three_Lives_of_Thomasina&oldid=978042353, Films scored by Paul Smith (film and television composer), Pages using infobox film with unknown empty parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 September 2020, at 15:16. For Disney, he played Michael Banks in Mary Poppins, Geordie McNab in The Three Lives of Thomasina, and Rodney in The Gnome-Mobile. Get the IMDb App. Matthew’s unusual lack of inhibition in front of the camera quickly inspired Disney’s publicity department at the time to coin him “the youngest method actor in movies.” In fact, his unique quality as a non-performer is precisely what won the seven-year-old his first Disney starring role as Geordie in The Three Lives of Thomasina. Please try again. Lori brings Thomasina back to her makeshift animal hospital, but although the cat recovers she has no memory of her first life with Mary. Off in the glen, a lightning bolt (which may be a miracle from God) strikes a tree next to Thomasina and her memory is suddenly restored. However, Fergus did not attend the funeral and did not know if any memorial had ever been erected for Matthew. He was a daredevil and could have been a race car driver. Remember to sign in or join D23 today to enjoy endless Disney magic! Upon arriving at MacDhui's home, Lori notices that Mary is near death, having lost the will to live. Share a limited preview with your friends. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. While I was Victorian proper and wouldn’t let myself get dirty or muddy, Matthew had a great sense of fun and danger. The screenplay was written by Robert Westerby and Paul Gallico. One night Thomasina is chased by dogs in the marketplace and falls off some boxes sustaining an injury. Disney’s live-action/animated film adaptation of the Mary Poppins book series by P. L. Travers won five Academy Awards and made its stars world-famous. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Lori comes to the house, as Thomasina does, who is the only one able to save Mary as she has lost the will to live. Lori (and later, MacDhui) realizes that they each have half of what is needed to treat sick animals. Lori brings Thomasina back to her makeshift animal hospital, but although the cat recovers she has no memory of her "First Life" with Mary. She also is humbled by the fact that she is treated as equally as all the other animals, compared to the doting lifestyle she shared with the MacDhui family. He has little sympathy for pets such as Thomasina, preferring "useful" animals such as hard-working farm beasts and the blind man Tammas' guide dog, Bruce. Later, when Lori tends to a wound MacDhui received from the fight, he opens up to her about his daughter's dying condition, that the loss of a beloved pet was the cause, and he begs Lori to try and heal Mary, too. Mary is completely shattered by Thomasina's death, and loses faith in her father, who had promised to save her cat. But Thomasina has only lived once, and is returned to her body alive but in a coma. On 13 June 1977, Garber died at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, of haemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis, aged 21. Died. (Pictured above on the right, Matthew Garber) Actor Matthew Garber lives forever in Disney’s classic live-action motion pictures The Three Lives of Thomasina, Mary Poppins, and The Gnome-Mobile. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists.