who played So Big in the early years, both went on to the TV show "Lassie".....quirky, funny or ironic thing in this movie was that when they were children in this movie, they had a collie.....
go figure!!!
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
And....in all probability, the collie(2)(one a puppy and one older) were Wetherwax Collies. The timeframe is right. Pretty awesome full circle.
Charlotte Vale is my hero!
You've got to wonder if this movie, at least the making of it, somehow led to the TV series Lassie. That very well could have been the same dog in the movie that played the first Lassie on TV. The TV series started soon after this movie played. And Jon Provost could have gotten the part of Timmy years later do to his use in this movie. And did you happen to catch a little "Eddie Haskel" in this movie?
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"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
Yes, it was on AMC either Saturday or Sunday (I forget which). This was the first time I saw it. And yes, Ken Osmond, who played Eddie Haskel in Leave It to Beaver, played Eugene, who I think was Mr. Hempel's grandson. I think he was supposed to be about 8 years old, which would put him just about the right age to play Eddie Haskel 4 or 5 years later. And Vera Miles played a small part too, about 7 years before she appeared in Psycho. And speaking of Psycho...did you know that funny man Ted Knight (Ted Baxter of the Mary Tyler Moors Show) played a part in the original Hitchcock version of Psycho, about 20 years before he starred in Caddy Shack?
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