SO DEAR TO MY HEART
So Dear to My Heart is a 1948 feature film produced by Walt Disney, released in Chicago on November 29, 1948, and nationwide on January 19, 1949, by RKO Radio Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. Like 1946's Song of the South, the film combines animation and live action. It is based on the Sterling North book Midnight and Jeremiah.
Set in early 20th century Indiana (in 1903), So Dear to My Heart tells the tale of Jeremiah Kincaid (Bobby Driscoll) and his quest to raise his "champion" lamb, Danny (named for the famed race horse, Dan Patch, who is also portrayed in the film). Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny (Beulah Bondi). Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram (Burl Ives), is the boy's steady ally.
Cast
Bobby Driscoll as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid
Luana Patten as Tildy
Beulah Bondi as Granny Kincaid
Burl Ives as Uncle Hiram Douglas
Harry Carey
Raymond Bond
Walter Soderling
Matt Willis
Spelman B. Collins
John Beal
Ken Carson
Bob Stanton
The Rhythmaires
Awards
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Burl Ives's version of the 17th-century English folk song "Lavender Blue," but lost to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter.
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Hamilton Luske
Produced by Walt Disney
Perce Pearce
Written by Ken Anderson
John Tucker Battle
Marc Davis
Bill Peet
Maurice Rapf
Ted Sears
Novel
Sterling North
Starring Bobby Driscoll
Luana Patten
Beulah Bondi
Burl Ives
Music by Eliot Daniel
Irving Berlin
Cinematography Winton C. Hoch
Editing by Lloyd L. Richardson
Thomas Scott
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s) November 29, 1948
(Chicago premiere)
January 19, 1949
(United States)
Running time 82 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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