“I began to realize Lassie probably made it big in 1943 because the movie had perfect timing. Here was a dog, separated from his family, who faced every hardship and managed to crawl back to his ...

There were 591 Lassie TV episodes. And seven Lassie movies. I will stand on record that the 1943 “Lassie Come Home” is the best pup in the kennel – and it was the first! Thank you ...

The directors first hired a pedigreed female collie for the role of Lassie in the 1943 movie Lassie Come Home. But when the dog refused to swim a river, they turned to Pal, a collie trained by ...

Lassie is the most famous dog in Hollywood, thanks to decades of appearances across books, radio, television, and movies. Starting with the 1943 classic, Lassie Come Home, that noble Rough Collie ...

This reminds me of the fabled story of MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer, who launched the "Lassie" movie franchise in 1943, who reportedly said: "When the collie Pal went into the water during ...

There are a lot of stories about dogs out there, whether they're simply being a boy's best friend or defying the odds and revealing themselves to be heroic, but none have been as enduring as that ...

Since an 11-year-old Elizabeth Taylor first threw her arms around her neck in 1943's Lassie ... writer Eric Knight, Lassie is poised for a major Hollywood revival. Movie mogul Steven Spielberg's ...

The Man Behind Lassie's On-Screen Magic Everyone knows Lassie, whether from the 1940 novel written by Eric Knight, the 1943 MGM movie, or the long-running TV series. But the canine queen (played ...

Bob Weatherwax was the son of Rudd Weatherwax, the original owner and trainer of Pal, the collie introduced to moviegoers in the MGM classic Lassie Come Home (1943 ... the 1978 film The Magic ...