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OLD YELLER: Walt Disney’s first and quintessential film about a boy’s love for his dog is now an American original as much as it is a Disney classic. No film better portrays the powerful emotions of hope, courage, and friendship. When his younger brother adopts a frisky lop-eared stray, 15-year-old Travis (Tommy Kirk), acting “man-of-the-house,” tries to shoo him away. But Old Yeller soon proves he is anything but “yellow” when he protects the family farm and saves Travis’ … More >>
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#1 by More Reliable Reviews on May 22, 2010 - 6:11 pm
Review of “Savage Sam”.
If you have never seen “Old Yeller”, you will not be so disappointed by “Savage Sam”, and may enjoy it.
Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker are noticeably absent. Beverly Washburn, the girl who played Elizabeth Searcy the daughter of the lazy neighbor is replaced by another actress breaking believability. Elizabeth’s part was small but memorable, and she could not be replaced without notice, or even left out without notice. The dog is not the yellow dog pup we saw at the end of “Old Yeller”. The film begins repeating things done in “Old Yeller” in an attempt to connect us to “Old Yeller”, is really lazy trading on “Old Yeller” instead of coming up with something new. Disney had several of the original actors under contract, still had the cabin set, and decided to make some easy money without putting any effort into the script. Disney got away with shooting Texas in California in “Old Yeller”, but could not get away with trying to tell us the Indians in this film are Apache and Comanche amidst California Oak trees when such Indians inhabited the red rocks of Arizona.
Kevin Corcoran was charming in earlier films “Old Yeller”, “Swiss Family Robinson”, “Pollyanna”, and “Toby Tyler” just playing himself, and reacting as a kid his age would, but here he has grown much bigger, 6-years after the first film, and outgrown those roles. A kid his age and size in this film would respond differently. The writers here force cuteness that looks out of place. Brian Keith should have used his normal voice instead of using an odd accent for no purpose.
The writers could not successfully continue the story without Beverly Washburn who played Elizabeth, because her continuing romance with Tommy Kirk is the next logical step. Disney should have wined and dined her to get her to appear. Even a 30-second appearance by Fess Parker and Dorothy McGuire at the beginning would have helped immensely. Otherwise, Disney would have been better off putting Tommy and Kevin in an entirely different film. It is a lazy script. I heard Mr. Searcy wrote the script.
“Old Yeller” is a great film.
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by Delores A. Kirk on May 22, 2010 - 7:20 pm
The movie was a new one and Amazon has always been a ten in handling everything .Thanks for having available the product I needed.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by B. Snyder on May 22, 2010 - 7:54 pm
The movie was shipped very quickly and packaged very well. It arrived in a factory sealed covering.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by David A. Smith on May 22, 2010 - 10:13 pm
old yeller is a awesome movie full of fun, excietment and sadness. this is a really good movie and better yet you also get the sequel savage sam in this two disc special edition set. i will have to admit i didn’t thinbk savage sam was all that great. it’s not old yeller. savage sam was still a good movie just not as good as the first. i recommend this collection to everyone
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by serious gammer on May 23, 2010 - 12:20 am
what can i say except i love old yeller it is a great classic the whole family will love.I feel in love with it when I was a kid now my kids love it too!If you’ve never seen it its a must,you will fall in love with it too.plus you get part 2savage sam,its a great movie too!
Rating: 5 / 5