Maybe Unka Walt really hated children?
I'm sure audience testing went on back then for studio releases
specifically WDPs, and while OY is a "classic childrens film" you
would think that audience test responses would have indicated that it
was potentially a tad too traumatic for younger kids, especially
those with a mutt at home.
So either Walt was cackling with glee up the back of the previews as
the tots were reduced to wailing and sobbing, or thinking WELL, IT'S
GOOD FOR CHILDREN TO "LEARN ABOUT LOSS"..... AND PAY ME TO DO SO.
Or as another well-known producer said privately in more recent
years, THERE'S A KID OUT THERE IN THE VALLEY WITH A DOLLAR IN HIS
POCKET, AND I WANT IT.
Phil
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About 2 years ago, I finally put Old Yeller on t.v. I had been
telling my children about it for so many years and my now 11 year
old is a huge movie buff. We had to stop it at "the" part as she
was so upset. She vowed never to watch it again.
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Penny Serenade! OMG
Perhaps second only to Old Yeller in heartbreaking
pain.although I can watch Penny Serenade and if I live to be
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PENNY SERENADE
BRIAN'S SONG (james caan version--tv, i know)
On Mar 5, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
THE YEARLING and BAMBI...?
These would be ummm...deer to my heart...
Sorry...
Patrick
On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Susan Heim wrote:
Can't forget "An Affair to Remember" and "Old Yeller."
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The endings of the following are along your lines Michael:
I Want to Live
Exodus
The Diary of Anne Frank
United 93
One Potato Two Potato
Life is Beautiful
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