LASSIE COME HOME


 "LASSIE COME HOME" --- (1943) ---

SYNOPSIS:
"In a small Yorkshire village during the Great Depression, financial pressures cause the parents of young Joe Carraclough to sell his beloved dog, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling. After the duke takes the collie to his Scottish estate, his granddaughter recognizes that the dog misses her former owner and allows her to escape. Facing great dangers and small kindnesses on her lengthy journey, the faithful dog sets forth to rejoin her beloved family."

STARRING:
"Pal," Roddy McDowall, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Elsa Lanchester and Alan Napier

SCREENPLAY:
Story by Eric Knight, as adapted from his novel "Lassie Come Home."

DIRECTOR:
Fred M. Wilcox

AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for four (4) awards, from various entities, and won two (2) of them.

In 1993, it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry at The Library of Congress.

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