A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
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- Won 2 Oscars
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total
- Deckhand
- (uncredited)
- Mrs. Saunders
- (uncredited)
- Arch Forrester
- (uncredited)
- Captain
- (uncredited)
- Twink Weatherby
- (uncredited)
- Pack Forrester
- (uncredited)
- Mate
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Ranger
- (uncredited)
- Eulalie Boyles
- (uncredited)
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Claude Jarman Jr's performance in this picture can only be rated as outstanding considering this was his very first picture. The emotions he could express on his face through out the movie were riveting and heartwarming.I'm sure many Movie Audiences leaving theaters in 1946 were wiping away tears.I see why he was given a special Academy award for his performance.
If all animal owners showed the love,care,devotion,empathy, that Jody had for his beloved pet deer; we wouldn't need organization like the ASPCA...Great Heartwarming Film that all should see at least once...s.m.
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- TriviaClarence Brown insisted that his actors wear no make-up to achieve a naturalistic look. Claude Jarman Jr. had to wear a straw hat in between takes so that his fair skin didn't burn, while the pale Jane Wyman had to sit under a sun lamp for 15 minutes to make it look like she spent most of her time outdoors.
- GoofsWhen Jody runs away from home, he is barefoot. While trudging through the swamp, however, he is shown wearing dark sneakers (perhaps for protection during filming). Later scenes show him to be barefoot again.
- Quotes
Penny Baxter: [on the occasion of the burial of Fodderwing] Oh Lord. Almighty God. It ain't for us ignorant mortals to say what's right and what's wrong. Was any one of us to be doin' of it, we'd not of bring this poor boy into the world a cripple, and his mind teched. We'd of bring him in straight and tall like his brothers, fitten to live and work and do. But in a way o' speakin', Lord, you done made it up to him. You give him a way with the wild creatures. You give him a sort of wisdom, made him knowin' and gentle. The birds come to him, and the varmints moved free about him, and like as not he could of takened a she wild-cat right in his pore twisted hands. Now you've done seed fit to take him where bein' crookedy in mind or limb don't matter. But Lord, it pleasures us to think now you've done straightened out them legs and that pore bent back and them hands. It pleasures us to think on him, movin' around as easy as any one. And Lord, give him a few red-birds and maybe a squirrel and a 'coon and a 'possum to keep him company, like he had here. All of us is somehow lonesome, and we know he'll not be lonesome, do he have them little wild things around him, if it ain't askin' too much to put a few varmints in Heaven. Thy will be done. Amen.
- Crazy creditsAll scenes involving animals in this picture were made under the supervision and with the cooperation of the American Humane Association
- Alternate versionsReissued theatrically in the 1950s in a 94-minute version. This reissue print was also shown occasionally on television in the 1960s.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 2h 8m(128 min)
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1