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The Yearling is a 1946 American film directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Sidney Franklin, based on a work by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who is also credited as its screenwriter. Shot in black-and-white with a score by Herbert Stothart, editing by Harold F. Kress and production design by Cedric Gibbons, it stars Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. and Henry Travers.
Set and filmed in Florida, it falls under the children's film, drama and family genres. It was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director, and won 2 Oscars among 3 wins and 5 nominations overall. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, it was rated Approved.
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6.7Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
- Jane Wyman as Orry Baxter
- Claude Jarman Jr. as Jody Baxter
- Chill Wills as Buck Forrester
- Clem Bevans as Pa Forrester
- Margaret Wycherly as Ma Forrester
Themes
- florida
- based on novel or book
- runaway
- pet
- human animal relationship
- run away
- deer
- 19th century
- fawn
- rattlesnake
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
6,666 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
89/100
- Year
- 1946
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama, Family, Western
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Clarence Brown
- Screenplay by
- Paul Osborn
- Based on
- The Yearling , by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Produced by
- Sidney Franklin
- Starring
- Gregory Peck , Jane Wyman , Claude Jarman Jr.
- Cinematography
- Arthur Arling , Charles Rosher , Leonard Smith
- Edited by
- Harold F. Kress
- Music by
- Herbert Stothart arrangement of Frederick Delius 's music
- Color process
- Technicolor
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Loew's, Inc.
- Release date
- December 18, 1946 ( 1946-12-18 )
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3,883,000
- Box office
- $7,599,000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Yearling
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Screenwriter
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Cast member
- Houseley Stevenson
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- Sidney Franklin
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Leonard Smith
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- Florida
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 295587
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Gregory Peck in The Yearling trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Yearling (film)
- publication date
- 1946-01-01
- film editor
- Harold F. Kress
- title
- The Yearling
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- review score
- 100%
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Encyclopedic overview
On set, L-R: Leonard Smith, unknown & Clarence Brown The Yearling is a 1946 American Family Western film directed by Clarence Brown, produced by Sidney Franklin, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The screenplay by Paul Osborn and John Lee Mahin (uncredited) was adapted from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's 1938 novel of the same name. The film stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr. in his film debut, Chill Wills and Forrest Tucker.
The story follows a boy named Jody, who adopts a trouble-making young deer. The story was later adapted as the 1994 TV film The Yearling starring Peter Strauss and Jean Smart.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Yearling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.