
The puppy looks just like Old Yeller, his father.

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(9) While Old Yeller and Travis are convalescing from being attacked by wild boars, a neighbor girl brings a little yellow puppy to show to Travis. (8) A promotional poster for the movie Old Yeller. 3 The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of the book's story. Old Yeller protecting Arliss from a mother bear when Arliss was feeding her cub with cornbread and trying to take him home. Old yeller is a 1956 children s novel written by fred gipson and illustrated by carl burger. Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson 1 and illustrated by Carl Burger. (7) One of several fight scenes with animals. Spike weighed 115 pounds and was a big yellow Lab / Bull Mastiff mix that could carry actor Kevin Corcoran, as Arliss, on his back. When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the. (5) A scene from the 1957 movie, Old Yeller, featuring Spike the dog as Yeller, unknown child actor Kevin Corcoran, whose acting debut was in the film, and Dorothy McGuire, as the mother, Katie Coates. Available in National Library (Singapore). (4) The 1956 book won the coveted “Newberry Award” for literature and Disney immediately purchased the film rights.

(3) Fred Gipson of Mason, Texas, wrote Old Yeller in 1956, based on his pioneer grandfather’s frontier tales and his wife’s family dog, named Rattler. (2) The movie starred a 115-pound, Lab/Bull Mastiff mix named Spike, who was purchased at a Van Nuys, California shelter for $3 by a Hollywood animal trainer. PHOTOS: (1) The 1957 Disney movie, “Old Yeller,” was an instant success and became an American classic.
