So Dear to My Heart
1948 US partly-animated Disney film directed by Hamilton Luske and Harold D. Schuster
So Dear to My Heart is a 1948 movie produced by Walt Disney. It was released nationwide on January 19, 1949. The movie combines animation and live action. It is based on the Sterling North book Midnight and Jeremiah.
| So Dear to My Heart | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold D. Schuster Hamilton Luske |
| Written by | Ken Anderson John Tucker Battle Marc Davis Bill Peet Maurice Rapf Ted Sears Novel Sterling North |
| Produced by | Walt Disney Perce Pearce |
| Starring | Bobby Driscoll Luana Patten Beulah Bondi Burl Ives |
| Cinematography | Winton C. Hoch |
| Edited by | Lloyd L. Richardson Thomas Scott |
| Music by | Eliot Daniel Irving Berlin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Warner Bros. (Today) Buena Vista Distribution |
Release dates | November 29, 1948 (Chicago premiere) January 19, 1949 (United States) |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
change- Bobby Driscoll as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid
- Luana Patten as Tildy
- Beulah Bondi as Granny Kincaid
- Burl Ives as Uncle Hiram Douglas
- Harry Carey
- Raymond Bond
- Walter Soderling
- Matt Willis
- Spelman B. Collins
- John Beal
- Ken Carson
- Bob Stanton
- The Rhythmaires
Awards
changeThe movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Burl Ives's version of the 17th-century English folk song "Lavender Blue". It lost to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter.