Saturday, 4 May 2019

Challenge to Lassie (1949 Richard Thorpe)

William Ludwig has taken Eleanor Atkinson's book 'Greyfriars Bobby' and mixed in a rough collie and a bit of Lassie Come Home. Dog won't leave graveside of former master Donald Crisp, and runs into trouble with the law. With Edmund Gwenn, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen (sergeant), Alan Webb, Henry Stephenson and Sara Allgood.

The music's by André Previn and the photography (in the High Sierras) Charles Edgar Shoenbaum.

Our first visit today to Edinburgh.

The puppy (uncredited) sure is cute. Pal sure was a remarkable dog (and Rudd Weatherwax a remarkable trainer).




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