The Tattooed Police Horse (Disney) (1964)

AN OFF-BEAT TROTTER... , WITH THE HEART OF A HERO! WALT DISNEY... PHESTATRO OED FOLICESHORSE TECHNICOLOR® Featuring SANDY SANDERS as Captain Martin Hanley CHARLES SEEL as Ben GEORGE SWINEBROAD as J. P. Rollins WILLIAM HILLIARD as Bill Churchill SHIRLEY SKILES as Pam Churchill Original Story by LARRY LANSBURGH Screenplay by JANET LANSBURGH Produced and Directed by LARRY LANSBURGH Director of PROLERTERNY ... 200.250 56e eee ees EDWARD P. HUGHES Pili EGitOn: csk eee eee HERMAN FREEDMAN IN TATOO oie asacigcx cet ba ae er KEITH ANDES Races Called By .......55....:8. 2 ae eee STAN BERGSTEIN MUSIC: 020. aceccesl icles sede Re ORs Chea Le cere WILLIAM LAVA in’ Charge of ‘Production: ee:.cee 2 oe eee ROBERT BARON SOUMNG .55ciibecce cscs ecw ekesecke’ cee eae eae ce aecra ee ter ie Me ee eee Keer eee TODD-AO With Grateful Acknowledgement to The Harness Racing Institute and to Lieutenant John Lynch and the men of Division Sixteen, Boston Police Department South, East and West Seen in Walt Disney's ‘Tattooed Police Horse’ Cameras rolled on scenic locations in three separate sections of the United States—over a twelvemonth period—before completion of Walt Disney’s Technicolor featurette, “The Tattooed Police Horse.” ; The story about harness racing and a trotting horse who becomes a great champion when he is taught discipline by a captain of the mounted police could only have been properly filmed where the trotters are reared and raced. Producer director Larry Lansburgh took his location filming crews to the blue grass country of Kentucky for initial sequences in the picture. Here they filmed harness training and horse auctions at two of the most famous breeding farms in the United States, Castleton, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Van Lennup, and Walnut Hall Farm, owned by Colonel and Mrs. Willis Nichols, Jr. After shooting several race scenes at Lexington Trots track, the crew moved to Boston and some tricky sequences in which the equine star, Jolly Roger, actually had to learn the routine and rigamarole of a mounted police horse on the city’s noisy, cobbled streets. The next stop for the barnstorming movie-makers was Eleven Mile Corners, Arizona, a rugged stretch of desert between Phoenix and Tucson and the home of the Ak Chin Indian Tribe. There they filmed the highlights of a county fair and an exciting race between the fast trotter and a Model A full of In Mat TAT-2B STARRING TRIO... Equine star Jolly Roger is joined by Sandy Sanders, as Captain Hanley, and Shirley Skiles, as Pam Churchill, in leading Walt Disney fans on an adventure through the trotting horse world in “The Tattooed Police Horse." The Techni color featurette is released by Buena Vista. New Disney Film Stars Top Equestrian Actors TECHNICOLOR® ©Copyright MCMLXIV — Walt Disney Productions All Rights Reserved Distributed by BUENA VISTA Distribution Co., Inc. RUNNING TIME: 48 MINUTES dians. Walt Disney’s Technicolor featurette, “The Tattooed Police Horse” was produced and directed by Larry Lansburgh for Disney. Keith Andes narrated the Buena Vista release. Disney Star is Champ Qscar Winner Larry Lansburgh On and Off Screen A true champion both on and off the screen is racewinning harness horse, Count Stevie C., equine star of Walt Disney’s “The Tattooed Police Horse.” As Jolly Roger, the handsome animal plays the part of a trotter who becomes a champion after learning discipline from a captain of the Boston Mounted Police. In real life, he has won his share of trotting races on eastern and midwestern tracks. This Buena Vista release was produced and directed by Larry Lansburgh and narrated by Keith Andes. Back in the Saddle for Disney Larry Lansburgh, who has twice produced Oscar-winning featurettes for Walt Disney, is back with another, about horses cco humans, that will be released as “The Tattooed Police orse.” His Academy hits were “The Wetback Hound” and “The Horse with the Flying Tail.” The newest story is about a trotter who becomes a champion ated he is taught discipline by a captain of the Boston Mounted olice. Born in San Francisco the son of famous architect, G. Albert Lansburgh, Larry learned to ride at the age of six. During his teens, Larry became an all-around rider equally proficient at showing and competing in rodeos. Later, Larry became interested in the cattle business and got a job as a wrangler on a Texas cattle ranch. Next, followed a hazardous tour of duty as a special deputy for the Texas Rangers, then to Hollywood and work as a stunt rider. He did quite well until an injury landed him in the hospital for two years. It was there that he began writing and studying the motion picture business. Once out of the hospital he did some exhibition riding at the Riviera Country Club where Walt Disney played polo. Walt was impressed and put him to work as a messenger boy. Larry proceeded to learn the The three professional actors who star in Walt Disney’s exciting Technicolor featurette, “The Tattooed Police Horse,” may not be “big*names,” but they are certainly some of the best equestrians who ever donned grease paint. Beautiful, blonde Shirley Skiles, a former Chicago photographer’s model and socialite, plays a wealthy horse fancier. She “discovers” Disney’s equine hero, Jolly Roger, a trotter, at an auction, loses track of him for a year, then re-discovers him as a police horse. A top show rider and jumper, Shirley has dignity and wholesome beauty to enhance her innate talent. Sandy Sanders has the difficult task of portraying a mounted police captain who puts Jolly Roger through his paces on the heavily-trafficked, narrow streets of Boston. A veteran of dozens of western movies and television shows, Sandy is not only a fine actor, but one of the best all-around riders in the United States. His equestrian talents made him a favorite with real mounted policemen who play themselves in the picture. Charles Seel plays a trainerdriver of trotters whose faith in Jolly Roger wipes out his savings. He got his start with D. W. Griffith in a one-reel comedy during the early 1920’s and has played in hundreds of motion pictures, TV Tattooed Police Horse’ see is hobby through the Features Shirley Skiles FANK de oe Relea esltsre Mat TAT-1A LOVELY and talented Shirley Skiles is featured in Walt Disney’s “The Tattooed Police.” A Buena Vista release. years has been racing trotters. The other dozen or more players Mat TAT-2A TO THE RESCUE ... Jolly Roger races to assist a sulky driver in distress during one of the exciting scenes from Walt Disney's ‘The Tattooed Police Horse.” The equine star goes from trotter to police horse and back to trotter in this Technicolor featurette released by Buena Vista. movie business from the ground up, successively going from assistant director to film editing, casting director, associate producer and finally producer, director and writer of his own properties, mostly for Walt. Some of his ten Disney credits include “Horse of the West,” “Arizona Sheepdog,” “The Wetback Hound,” “The Horse with the Flying Tail,” “Cowdog,” “Greta, the Misfit Greyhound” and “Stormy, the Thoroughbred.” Walt Disney’s Technicolor featurette, “The Tattooed Police Horse” was produced and directed by Larry Lansburgh. Keith Andes narrated the Buena Vista release. Walt Disney’s newest featurette “The Tattooed Police Horse” features the beautiful blonde Shirley Skiles. Formerly a Chicago model and socialite, Shirley plays a wealthy horse fancier. A top show rider and jumper, Shirley has dignity and wholesome beauty to enhance her innate talent. “The Tattooed Police Horse” was produced and directed by Larry Lansburgh. Keith Andes narrated the Buena Vista release. in the picture are amateurs who portray either themselves’ or men and women in the same walk of life. They include such racing notables as Bill Hilliard, owner of stock and stud farms in Kentucky and Texas, who plays a trainer; Stan Bergstein, president of the Harness Racing Institute, who calls the races in the picture, and George Swinebroad, racing’s foremost auctioneer, as a stable owner. Walt Disney’s Technicolor featurette, “The Tattooed Police Horse” was produced and directed by Larry Lansburgh for Disney. Keith Andes narrated the Buena Vista release.