It’s been more than half a century since Rex Harrison spoke (and sang!) to animals as author Hugh Lofting’s eloquent veterinarian (Richard Fleischer’s 1967 musical film was nominated for nine Oscars, ...

Description: Dr. John Dolittle (Rex Harrison) lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an ...

In 1967, Twentieth Century Fox undertook an expensive and complicated production of “Doctor Dolittle,” based on a series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting, about a doctor in Victorian England who ...

Although Rex Harrison plays the lead in the 1967 musical Doctor Dolittle — about a former medical doctor who treats animals because he can speak their language — he is upstaged by what is reportedly ...

A fresh musical stage version of the Dr. Dolittle stories is on a U.S. tour. Mark Nootbaar of NPR station WDUQ says this version may be the closest yet to the vision of Hugh Lofting, creator of the ...

Even more family-friendly than its popular predecessor -- and conspicuously less raunchy than the "Nutty Professor" comedies --"Dr. Dolittle 2" has all the symptoms of a smash hit. With Eddie Murphy ...

Robert Downey Jr.'s next project is about as far away from Iron Man and Marvel as one can get. The former Tony Stark will be playing an adventuring genius of a different kind in his upcoming film ...

In 1967, Twentieth Century Fox undertook an expensive and complicated production of “Doctor Dolittle,” based on a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting, about a doctor in Victorian England who ...

Tommy Tune to the rescue! Flexing the script-doctoring superpowers of a true stage pro, Tune has taken a show that failed disastrously in its first touring attempt and overhauled it, delivering a ...