 "Thomasina" writer Paul Gallico was present on the set, by special  invitation, during the filming of his novel. As Gallico quickly came  to dislike "the great god Disney", he was vastly amused when one of  the Thomasinas held up filming for two days when she flatly refused  to perform a stunt for which she had been trained, in spite of  Disneys frustrated bellowing. As Gallico recalled in his memoirs,  "I was proud of that cat!"