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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = So Dear to My Heart<br />
| image = So Dear to My Heart poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Harold D. Schuster]]<br />[[Hamilton Luske]]<br />
| producer = [[Walt Disney]]<br />[[Perce Pearce]]<br />
| writer = {{Plain list|<br />
* [[Ken Anderson (animator)|Ken Anderson]]<br />
* [[John Tucker Battle]]<br />
* [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]]<br />
* [[Bill Peet]]<br />
* [[Maurice Rapf]]<br />
* [[Ted Sears]]<br />
}}<br />
| based_on = ''[[Midnight and Jeremiah]]'' by [[Sterling North]]<br />
| starring = {{Plain list|<br />
* [[Burl Ives]]<br />
* [[Beulah Bondi]]<br />
* [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]<br />
* [[Luana Patten]]<br />
* [[Bobby Driscoll]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = [[Paul J. Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Winton C. Hoch]]<br />
| editing = Lloyd L. Richardson<br />Thomas Scott<br />
| studio = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]<br />
| distributor = [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{Plain list|<br />
* November 29, 1948 (Chicago)<br />
* January 19, 1949 (Indianapolis)<ref name=SoDearPremiereInfo>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34888918/disney_premiere_here_to_be_hollywood|title=Disney Premiere Here to Be Hollywood Style |newspaper=The Indianapolis News |date=January 7, 1949 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
| runtime = 82 minutes<br />
| country = United States<br />
| gross = $3.7 million (U.S. rental) + $575,000 (foreign rental)<ref name="Jewell">{{cite news | title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment. | publisher=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994. Domestic earnings $2.2 million; Foreign earnings $575,000}}</ref><ref name="1964reissue">"Big Rental Pictures of 1964", ''Variety'', January 6, 1965, p. 39. 1964 revenue anticipation: $1.5 million</ref><br />
| budget = $1.5 million<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/stream/variety169-1948-02#page/n126/mode/1up |title=109-Million Investment by H'Wood in Current Technicolor Features |magazine=Variety |date=February 18, 1948 |page=7}}</ref><br />
| language = English<br />
}}<br />
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'''''So Dear to My Heart''''' is a 1948 American film produced by [[Walt Disney]] and released by [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. Its world premiere was in [[Chicago, Illinois]], on November 29, 1948. Like 1946's ''[[Song of the South]]'', the film combines animation and live action. It is based on the 1943 [[Sterling North]] book ''[[Midnight and Jeremiah]]''. The book was revised by North to parallel the film's storyline amendments and then re-issued under the same title as the film.<br />
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The film was a personal favorite of Walt Disney, since it re-created on film one of the most memorable times of his life, growing up on a small farm in the [[Midwestern United States|American Midwest]] at the turn of the twentieth century. Walt said: "''So Dear'' was especially close to me. Why, that's the life my brother and I grew up with as kids out in [[Missouri]]." Walt had intended that this would be the first all live-action Disney feature film, but his distributor, RKO, convinced him that when audiences saw the word "Disney," they expected animation. Thus they split the difference.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Korkis |first1=Jim |title=Behind the Scenes: So Dear to My Heart |url=https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/behind-scenes-so-dear-my-heart |publisher=The Walt Disney Family Museum}}</ref><br />
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''So Dear to My Heart'' was the final film appearance of [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Set in [[Indiana]] in 1903, the film tells the tale of Jeremiah Kincaid ([[Bobby Driscoll]]) and his determination to raise a [[Black sheep|black-wool lamb]] that was once rejected by its mother. Jeremiah names the lamb Danny for the famed race horse [[Dan Patch]] (who is also portrayed in the film). Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the [[Pike County, Indiana|Pike County]] Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving yet tough grandmother Granny ([[Beulah Bondi]]). Jeremiah's confidant Uncle Hiram ([[Burl Ives]]) is the boy's steady ally. Inspired by the animated figures and stories, the boy perseveres.<ref>Lockhart, Jane. "Looking at Movies: ''So Dear to My Heart''". The Rotarian. February 1949, p.36.</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Bobby Driscoll]] as Jeremiah "Jerry" Kincaid<br />
* [[Luana Patten]] as Tildy<br />
* [[Burl Ives]] as Uncle Hiram Douglas<br />
* [[Beulah Bondi]] as Granny Kincaid<br />
* [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]] as Head Judge at County Fair<br />
* Raymond Bond as Pete Grundy, Storekeeper <br />
* Walter Soderling as Grampa Meeker<br />
* Matt Willis as Mr. Burns, Horse Trainer<br />
* Spelman B. Collins as Judge<br />
* [[Bob Haymes]] as Singer Bob Haymes<br />
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===Voices===<br />
* [[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]] as Adult Jeremiah/Narrator<br />
* [[Ken Carson (musician)|Ken Carson]] as The Owl<br />
* Bob Stanton as Danny<br />
* Marion Darlington as Whistling Sound Effects<br />
*[[Clarence Nash]] as Vocal Sound Effects <br />
* The Rhythmaires as Vocal Ensemble/Bluebirds<br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
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 (1949 film)|Neptune's Daughter]]''.<br />
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[[Bobby Driscoll]] received a special [[Academy Juvenile Award|Juvenile Award]] from the Academy, honoring him as "the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949".<ref name="Oscars.org 8">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/22nd.html|title=22nd Academy Awards|access-date=July 6, 2011|work=Oscars.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706072958/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/22nd.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> (In addition to ''So Dear to My Heart'', he had garnered critical acclaim for his dramatic performance in the [[RKO Pictures|RKO]] melodrama ''[[The Window (1949 film)|The Window]]''.)<br />
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The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in this list:<br />
* 2004: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]: <br />
** "[[Lavender Blue]]" – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees |access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
The train depot in the film was later relocated to [[Ward Kimball|Ward Kimball's]] [[Grizzly Flats Railroad]] in his backyard. After the railroad closed, [[John Lasseter]] relocated it to the [[Justi Creek Railway]].<br />
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==Release==<br />
The film returned rentals to RKO by 1951 of $2,775,000 with $2,200,000 being generated in the U.S. and Canada.<ref name="Jewell" /><br />
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The film was re-released in 1964 and earned an estimated $1.5 million in rentals in the U.S. and Canada.<ref name="1964reissue" /><br />
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''So Dear to My Heart'' was released on home video in 1986. It was then re-released in 1992 and released on video in 1994 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. The film was originally planned for a US DVD release as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection, but was cancelled, with no particular reason given. Six years after seeing a region 2 DVD release, it was released in the US on DVD in July 2008 as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive.<br />
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It has yet to appear on [[Disney+]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1948 in film]]<br />
* [[List of American films of 1948]]<br />
* [[List of Walt Disney Pictures films]]<br />
* [[List of films with live action and animation]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://movies.disney.com/so-dear-to-my-heart}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|0041890}}<br />
* {{bcdb title|id=26|title=So Dear to My Heart}}<br />
* [http://www.mouseplanet.com/9333/So_Dear_to_My_Heart_The_Secrets_Behind_the_Film ''So Dear to My Heart'': The Secrets Behind the Film]<br />
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{{Harold D. Schuster}}<br />
{{Hamilton Luske}}<br />
{{Disney theatrical animated features}}<br />
{{Walt Disney Animation Studios}}<br />
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