Old Yeller (Disney) (1957)

WALT DISNEY DOROTHY McGUIRE FESS PARKER co-starring in OLD YELLER with JEFF YORK TOMMY KIRK KEVIN CORCORAN CHUCK CONNORS BEVERLY WASHBURN Directed by: ROBERT STEVENSON Screenplay by: FRED GIPSON, WILLIAM TUNBERG Based on the book “OLD YELLER” by FRED GIPSON Associate Producer: WILLIAM H. ANDERSON Photographed by: CHARLES P. BOYLE, A.S.C. Music by: OLIVER WALLACE Orchestration: CLIFFORD BAUGHAN Songs: GIL GEORGE, OLIVER WALLACE AEE SDIPCCUOT eRe ta Ae ne vex cee eee cir cusee tate CARROLL CLARK WE sit te Sy Acris Coo teow ol ical cig ara es aan eet Neca a oriole PETER ELLENSHAW Second: Winit Directom. tie ie nhs oan sete si oe YAKIMA CANUTT ASSiStant AIneChOr us am cscsiawae vais io ehmeae senate ROBERT G. SHANNON Set=Decorauioner tenet rape ate ta erie es EMILE KURI, FRED MacLEAN aESvyll rasta Tyee eee hee epee aah inte ae. cpanel STANLEY JOHNSON, A.C.E. WAS Tees BTC Or cys coca ence oh ee Re es eee I EVELYN KENNEDY COStIMESE <a arawiclk eesti CHUCK KEEHNE, GERTRUDE CASEY Bike Ui ee Mv lhl Riis cis te xe oe ee ee PAT McNALLEY EEE RS Cyl tS Geticgee ai ata roma vce ae daiwa ieee ELAINE STONE Sound 2S pervisi OM were eedae at, 4 ae Roker rena ROBERT O. COOK Sound Recordine scr: seer asn tits hs ners FRANK McWHORTER © 1957 Walt Disney Productions Technicolor® Distributed by: BUENA VISTA FILM DISTRIBUTION CO., Inc. RUNNING TIME: ONE HOUR, 23 MINUTES Leading Lady Pays Tribute to Moppets Hollywood’s geatest scene-stealers are children, declares Dorothy McGuire, who is quick to defend them. “Kids are scene stealers simply because they’re kids,” she observes. “People just naturally watch children. All a child has to do to attract attention is be there.” Miss McGuire speaks with authority since she is sharing scenes in Walt Disney’s “Old Yeller” with two youngsters. One, a very young Kevin Corcoran, would be doing time if scene-swiping were a crime. His talent for this type of theft fails to daunt the actress, however. “T just get in there and do what I’m supposed to do,” she says. “If nobody’s watching me, I can’t help ite “T don’t think I could do this picture if I didn’t have a boy of my own,” she continues. “He’s full of mischief, so I’m used to little boys and their ways. When they get too exuberant you have to curb them. I haven’t had a bit of trouble with Kevin, though. He’s a darling.” Dorothy’s scenes with her screen sons in “Old Yeller” give her some rough moments. But that is because of the script rather than the kids, she points out. “T am continually taking pets like toads, frogs and lizards away from Kevin in the picture,” she says. ““He also has to be separated from a bear cub. Then there are scenes with Old Yeller, the big dog who helps protect our frontier homestead. Speaking of scene-stealers, have you ever noticed dogs? They’re worse than kids!” “Old Yeller,” in color by Technicolor, stars Miss McGuire and Fess Parker, with Jeff York, Kevin Corcoran, Chuck Connors and Beverly : Mat YEL 2B WALT DISNEY’S ‘OLD YELLER’ IS RICH IN EXCITING, DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT In his feature motion picture, “Old Yeller,” Walt Disney has brought to life one of America’s finest regional novels, written by Fred Gipson, who also did the screenplay in collaboration with Bill Tunberg. This is the action-packed story of a family and a dog in Texas of the 1860’s—Jim Coates, his wife and two voung sons, and Old Yeller himself, a great battle-scarred mongrel that happens along just as the father is preparing to leave on a time-consuming cattle drive. Old Yeller elects to stick around and everyone, the boys in particular, soon find themselves more than happy about it. Because Old Yeller can handle slashing, charging wild hogs, and marauding wolves, better by far than any of his human owners. The conflict between dog and the wild country, between the two boys over both the dog and their own duties, and the worries of the mother, played beautifully by Dorothy McGuire, represent a very high point in Disney motion picture production. “Old Yeller” tells more than a story of a dog and a family. It reveals an understanding of life itself, and no brief summary can do justice to its warmth and depth, as one or two critics put it. “Old Yeller,” in color by Technicolor, stars Miss McGuire and Parker, with Jeff York, Kevin Corcoran, Chuck Connors and Beverly Washburn. Bill Anderson co-produced with Disney. Robert Stevenson directed the Buena Vista release. Chuck Connors, Top Television Star, Appears in ‘Old Yeller’ Chuck Connors, one of televisions best-known and most admired players, portrays a bachelor rancher named Burn Sanderson in Walt Disney’s frontier motion picture drama, “Old Yeller,’” the story of a resoure2ful boy and a fearless mongrel dog who help protect a frontier homestead in Texas of the 1860’s. Sanderson is a neighbor who, having lost Old Yeller to the Travis family, comes over to claim her. But the wandering dog has proved so valuable as a protector to his new and unsuspecting owners that Sanderson finally relents and lets the dog stay. Connors’ athletic background has all but faded from view in the years of his enormous success as an actor, first. on television’s “The Rifleman,” later on the dramatic hour-and-a-haif “Arrest and Trial,” and currently on the much-talked-of “Branded.” But he won his way into the Hollywood community and a highly successful acting career as a tall, likeable, capering first baseman for the old Los Angeles Angeis in the days before the Dodgers moved into the Angeleno scene. His crowd-pleasing antics with the ball team made him a celebrity and he walked off with more headlines than many of Hollywood’s stars of the day. He became friendly with important actors, directors and producers, and in the off-seasons accepted roles in motion pictures and television shows. As a youngster, Connors was always the athletic standout of his Brooklyn, N. Y. neighborhood. He excelled in every sport. Word of his accomplishments spread and when it came time for him to select a college he had a choice of more than 27 athletic scholarships. He chose Seton Hall, a small school in New Jersey with a reputation for turning out basketball powerhouses. There he not only starred in basketball and baseball, but became something of a dramatic hero as well when he won an elocution contest. His college career came to an abrupt halt when his prowess on the diamond brought him a contract with the then Brooklyn Dedgers. He played with Montreal, part of the Dodger minor league system, until the Army called him up. Following his honorable discharge he resumed baseball, playing first with the Dodger chain, then with the Chicago Cubs, which farmed him out to the Angels and set him up for a career that has made him a television star Washburn. Bill Anderson co-produced with Disney. Robert Stevenson directed the Buena Vista release. Page Four TENDER FAREWELL—Fess Parker, who plays a frontier father in Walt Disney's "Old Yeller,"’ says goodbye to his wife, Dorothy McGuire, before setting out on a cattle drive. Chuck Connors, Kevin Corcoran, Tommy Kirk and Jeff York also star in the Technicolor feature. of the first magnitude, not only with his several famous series, but with guest-starring roles on 65 top shows elsewhere on TV. o FRONTIER DRAMA—A pioneer youngster, played by Tommy Kirk, shoulders adult responsibility and his father's rifle as he defends Dorothy McGuire and Beverly Washburn from a ferocious wolf. The scene is from Walt Disney's Technicolor feature, "Old Yeller,"' which also stars Fess Parker, Chuck Connors, Kevin Corcoran and Jeff York. ‘Old Yeller’ Is Great Family Entertainment Terrific screen entertainment for the whole family is provided by “Old Yeller,”’ Walt Disney’s latest color by Technicolor live-action hit starring Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker. “Old Yeller” is the moving story of a pioneer family in Texas and the big yellow stray dog that profoundly effects their lives. Dorothy McGuire brings a memorable performance to her role of Katie Coates, a young mother who faces wilderness dangers with unflinching courage. Fess Parkey enjoys the strongest portrayal of his career as Jim Coates, frontier father who must leave his family in the protection of his teen-aged son, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, Beverly Washburn and Chuck Connors also contribute notable performances. Mat YEL 1A CHUCK CONNORS, veteran performer of motion pictures and television, portrays a tall stranger in the Walt Disney frontier drama, "Old Yeller.'' The Technicolor feature also stars Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker.