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After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
May Whitty
- Dally
- (as Dame May Whitty)
J. Pat O'Malley
- Hynes
- (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
May Beatty
- Heavy Woman
- (uncredited)
George Broughton
- Allen
- (uncredited)
Sherlee Collier
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Howard Davies
- Cobbler
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDame Elizabeth Taylor replaced Maria Flynn in the role of Priscilla. Some sources say Flynn was afraid of the dog on the set; others say that she grew taller than Roddy McDowall or that the strong Technicolor lighting caused her eyes to water. In any case, production was halted. Producer Samuel Marx was walking the 600 block of North Foothill Road in Beverly Hills doing his nightly patrol as an air raid warden when he met Francis Taylor, who patrolled the 700 block. Knowing he and Sara Taylor wanted to get their daughter into the movies, he asked him to bring Elizabeth to the studio. There she was introduced to Lassie and the production resumed.
- GoofsWhile speaking about whether to keep Lassie or not it is obvious that the large hearth behind the elderly couple is a drop screen. Shadows from the lights show behind the couple from the viewer's left to right, but the shadows on the hearth shine from the opposite direction.
- Quotes
Joe Carraclough: Ye're my Lassie come home.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksAmerica the Beautiful
(1882) (uncredited)
Music by Samuel A. Ward (1882)
Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (1895)
In the score during the forward
Featured review
Family friendly classic
It's hard to call one particular dog "Hollywood's dog" because there are so many canine movies, but if there'a one dog who earned that title, it's Lassie. Written first in a short story, and filmed for the first time on screen in 1943, Lassie is a lovable, loyal collie. In this first film, Lassie's family resorts to desperate measures during their desperate times. They're broke and decide to sell the family dog to the Duke, but Lassie won't have it! She loves her little boy, Roddy MacDowell, too much, and follows the family after they move.
If you're animal lover, keep your Kleenexes handy, but feel free to relax. Unlike Old Yeller, this is a true family film, and can be enjoyed by even the little kiddies.
Donald Crisp and Elsa Lanchester play Roddy's parents; doesn't it seem like Donald Crisp is a perpetual father figure? He's just very trustworthy, even when he's doing something terrible, like selling his son's dog. And keep your eye out for a young, eleven-year-old Elizabeth Taylor! She's very beautiful, and for an actor to steal attention away from an on screen animal, that's an incredible achievement. Hollywood always warns against making movies with animals, since no one will pay attention to the human costars. Miss Taylor proved that old adage wrong, and it's easy to see why. The rest of the movie follows little vignettes as Lassie tries to find her way home and comes across Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Arthur Shields, Alan Napier, and Nigel Bruce.
If you're animal lover, keep your Kleenexes handy, but feel free to relax. Unlike Old Yeller, this is a true family film, and can be enjoyed by even the little kiddies.
Donald Crisp and Elsa Lanchester play Roddy's parents; doesn't it seem like Donald Crisp is a perpetual father figure? He's just very trustworthy, even when he's doing something terrible, like selling his son's dog. And keep your eye out for a young, eleven-year-old Elizabeth Taylor! She's very beautiful, and for an actor to steal attention away from an on screen animal, that's an incredible achievement. Hollywood always warns against making movies with animals, since no one will pay attention to the human costars. Miss Taylor proved that old adage wrong, and it's easy to see why. The rest of the movie follows little vignettes as Lassie tries to find her way home and comes across Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Arthur Shields, Alan Napier, and Nigel Bruce.
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- Gross worldwide
- $99,248
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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