The Yearling Movie Review 1946

This family classic is a tear-jerking adaptation of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings novel about a young boy's love for a yearling fawn during the post Civil-War era. His father's encouragement and his mother's bitterness play against the story of unqualified love amid poverty and the boy's coming of age. Wonderful footage of Florida. Jarman was awarded a special Oscar as outstanding child actor.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 128 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, Wild Kingdom, Childhood Visions, Coming of Age, Florida

Cast

Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Chill Wills, Henry Travers, Jeff York, Forrest Tucker, June Lockhart, Margaret Wycherly

Cinematography

Charles Rosher

Director

Clarence Brown

Producer

MGM

Awards

Oscars 1946: Color Cinematog.; Golden Globes 1947: Actor--Drama (Peck).