‘’Old Yeller’’ is a film I can no longer watch: sad but with promise for tomorrow. Glad was I able to see it in childhood. Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Kevin Corcoran have all passed on.
I saw the movie in the theater in 1958--its showings sold out and I was lucky to get a seat. I also read the book, as well as Fred Gipson's two other dog books set in Texas, Hound Dog Man (New York: Harper, 1947) and Savage Sam (New York: Harper, 1962). My favorite was Hound Dog Man followed by Savage Sam, both of which would be banned today--Hound Dog Man because the protagonist is a black dog with a name that starts with "N" and Savage Sam for its realistic portrayal of how Indians treated white captives that fell into their hands.
I remember it from back in mid-50s.
‘’Old Yeller’’ is a film I can no longer watch: sad but with promise for tomorrow. Glad was I able to see it in childhood. Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Kevin Corcoran have all passed on.
I’ve never watched it....don’t intend to and Hub refuses to watch it again. What was that movie where the boy grows into a man and his dog is with him in his journey? Marley??? Anyone?? I can’t watch doggies dying even though very shortly we will start losing ours to old age and it’s gonna kill us.......