Old Yeller (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Stevenson |
| Producer(s) | Bill Anderson (associate), Walt Disney (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Family, Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Animals, Book-Based, Children, Coming of Age, Disney, Dogs |
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Old Yeller (1957) was a Family - Drama Film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney and Bill Anderson.
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By The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 8, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversDorothy McGuire is spending a little bonding time off the set of Old Yeller with her leading player, Spike, in this rare candid photo. Spike portrayed "Old Yeller" in the 1957 Walt Disney classic. He later moved on to television work, appearing as a regular in The Westerner and a few episodes of Las... Read full article
Old Yeller, Happy Anniversary! Opened Christmas Day, 1957?
By C. S. Williams on Dec 24, 2016 From Classic Film Aficionados? Old Yeller, did not actually have its world premiere on Christmas Day, 1957, it was seen instead on Tuesday night, December 17, in two different cities. The first venue was the Metropolitan Theater, which was on Main St. (1018) between Lamar St. and McKinney St., in downtown Houston, Texas. This... Read full article
Old Yeller, Happy Anniversary! Opened Christmas Day, 1957?
By C. S. Williams on Dec 24, 2016 From Classic Film Aficionados? Old Yeller, did not actually have its world premiere on Christmas Day, 1957, it was seen instead on Tuesday night, December 17, in two different cities. The first venue was the Metropolitan Theater, which was on Main St. (1018) between Lamar St. and McKinney St., in downtown Houston, Texas. This... Read full article
Old Yeller (1957)
By Beatrice on Aug 1, 2016 From Flickers in TimeOld Yeller Directed by Robert Stevenson Written by Fred Gipson and William Tunberg from Gipson’s book 1957/USA Walt Disney Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Travis Coates: And you won’t never see another one like him. This childhood favorite held up very well. The Coates fam... Read full article
Old Yeller, Happy Anniversary! Opened Christmas Day, 1957?
By C. S. Williams on Dec 24, 2014 From Classic Film Aficionados? Old Yeller, did not actually have its world premiere on Christmas Day, 1957, it was seen instead on Tuesday night, December 17, in two different cities. The first venue was the Metropolitan Theater, which was on Main St. (1018) between Lamar St. and McKinney St., in downtown Houston, Texas. This... Read full article
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Travis Coates: For money, of course.
Arliss Coates: What's money?
Travis Coates: That's what you buy things with.
Arliss Coates: What do you mean by buy things?
Travis Coates: Well when you have money, you give it to people for stuff. They say you can get anything for money.
Arliss Coates: Anything? What's it look like?
Travis Coates: I never seen but one piece. A dollar bill Papa had.
Arliss Coates: What'd Papa buy with his dollar?
Travis Coates: Nothing that wasn't no good.
Arliss Coates: But you just said you could get anything with money.
Travis Coates: But Papa's was confederate.
Arliss Coates: What's confederate money?
Travis Coates: Confederate money? Well, it's...
Arliss Coates: Well?
Travis Coates: Don't you ever run out of questions?
Katie Coates: Now Arliss, you ride back here with Yeller.
Arliss Coates: On a count of he's a sicker Injun than me?
Katie Coates: Yes.
Katie Coates: If that don't beat all. I never saw such a dog.
Travis Coates: And you won't never see another one like him.
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Although the movie is based in Texas, it was filmed in California.
A print ad from the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, February 11th, 1958 shows that this film was widely distributed on a double bill in 21 area theaters. Most of the indoor theaters co-featured Ambush at Cimarron Pass starring Scott Brady, and all of the drive-in theaters co-featured Underwater! starring Jane Russell and Richard Egan.
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