Elizabeth Taylor said to be doing well Aug 2, 2008
Taylor began her Hollywood career as a teenager in films such as 'Lassie Come Home' and 'National Velvet. She won Oscars for best actress in 1966's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. (India Times, India)
Elizabeth Taylor hospitalized, reason undisclosed Aug 2, 2008
Taylor began her Hollywood career as a teenager in films such as "Lassie Come Home" and "National Velvet." She won Oscars for best actress in 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and 1960's "Butterfield 8.". She also won a special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, mainly for her work as an AIDS activist, in 1993. (Xinhuanet, China)
Elizabeth Taylor in hospital but said "fine" Aug 1, 2008
Taylor began her Hollywood career as a teenager in films such as "Lassie Come Home" and "National Velvet." She won Oscars for best actress in 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and 1960's "Butterfield 8.". She was nominated for Oscars three other times and in 1992 was given a humanitarian award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars. (Reuters)
Critic's corner Jul 25, 2008
DOG LOVE II Lassie Come Home 10 p.m., TCM. I'm crying already. (Boston Globe)
Heart of a Child (1958) Jun 2, 2008
Surely this has to be the great Lassie Come Home ... Surely this has to be the great Lassie Come Home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Turning pages, and memories, in cyberspace Feb 18, 2008
And which I had to sneak out of Randolph's Turner Free Library between "Lassie Come Home" and "The Bobbsey Twins in the Country" because back then there was no taking out adult books if you were a kid. For no apparent reason I was fixating on a novel I read back when Eisenhower was president. (Boston Globe)
Kermit the Frog on TCM Sep 29, 2007
" What are Kermit the Frog's Fave Flicks? Apparently the Green Guy digs such family-friendly fare as 1952's Gene Kelly musical Singin' in the Rain (screening at 8pm), Fred Astaire/Cyd Charisse musical The Band Wagon (10pm), Cyrano de Bergerac (possibly the 1990 version with G;rard Depardieu) (12am) and Lassie Come Home (2am). Not bad for a frog. I can take or leave the Lassie flick, but Singin' in the Rain is an acknowledged classic, The Band Wagon has its fans, and Depardieu totally rocked the... (Suite101.com)
Jodie Foster can't pull 'The Brave One' to victory Sep 14, 2007
com: Jodie Foster can't pull 'The Brave One' to victory. Friday September 14, 2007 CURRENT CONDITIONS: DNS FOG 54. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Top Ten Movies Wed Like to Screen in US Embassies Jun 12, 2007
Watson wants to ship only wholesome movies to our embassies, such as Lassie Come Home, National Velvet and Meet Me in St. Louis. Never mind the fact that Watson isn t explaining how those movies can improve America s image in, say, China without being dubbed in Chinese. (Human Events Online)
Liz Taylor Celebrates Milestone Birthday Mar 1, 2007
Taylor burst onto the screen in 1943 with a lead role in "Lassie Come Home," and in 1944, she starred in the classic family drama "National Velvet.". Also among her credits of more than 55 films are "Little Women," "Father of the Bride," "Giant" and "Cleopatra.". (Click2Houston, TX)
Liz Taylor at 75 Feb 27, 2007
The Reel Life: Although she made her screen debut as a spoiled brat in the 1942 movie "There's One Born Every Minute," Taylor rose to fame in "Lassie Come Home" (1943) and became everyone's darling in the 1944 movie "National Velvet." Her first adult role was in "A Place in the Sun" (1951), in which the dark-haired beauty played opposite longtime friend Montgomery Clift. Throughout her career, Taylor played opposite such leading men as Spencer Tracy in "Father of the Bride" (1950), Rock Hudson... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Three Times the Entertainment at One Great Price! Triple Features Collection Breaks New Ground for Warner Home Video November 7 Nov 2, 2006
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Screening Room: The Wicker Man Sep 3, 2006
LASSIE(IDP)PGLASSIE is a well-produced period piece that is follows the same storyline as the 1943 MGM classic, LASSIE COME HOME. Peter O'Toole leads a terrific British cast that gives our canine heroine able support as she endures a long and perilous journey to return to her beloved family. If you're a dog-lover, take along a supply of Kleenex. (FOX4 Kansas City, MO)
New Lassie stays true to pedigree Sep 1, 2006
British writer-director Charles Sturridge was unaware of the dog's origins until he picked up Eric Knight's 1940 book "Lassie Come Home," the novel that started the world's love affair with Lassie ... While the 1943 Hollywoodized version of Lassie Come Home starring Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowell used seven different dogs to play Lassie, Sturridge got by with only using three, with the dog Mason as the main canine "actor" and Dakota as the outdoorsy stunt dog. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Movie review: 'Lassie' Sep 1, 2006
The faithful dog is the subject of Eric Knight's original novel and the 1943 movie "Lassie Come Home," now remade by writer-director Charles Sturridge ("Brideshead Revisited") in a shamelessly manipulative yet refreshingly quaint and lushly photographed remake called "Lassie.". Here it's just 9-year-old Jonathan Mason as the tiny, precocious moppet Joe Carraclough, who looks forward to nothing more than having his dog meet him at the gate at the end of each school day to walk him home. (Times Herald-Record)
'Lassie' comes home, wagging her tale Sep 1, 2006
His novel, "Lassie Come Home," was filmed in 1943 - the same year that he perished in a plane crash. Writer-director Charles Sturridge reintroduces the "Lassie" saga to moviegoers in its original form. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
JENNIFER MERIN Aug 31, 2006
Most people think of Lassie as an American pop culture icon, but Charles Sturridge is quick to point out that the heroic collie s story originated in Britain with Eric Knight s Lassie Come Home, the tale of an impoverished family that sells its beautiful, beloved dog for money to buy food. But the faithful pet, using clever stunts and amazing agility, keeps escaping from her new aristocratic owner s estate to return home. (New York Press)
Lassie makes a welcome return to movies Aug 29, 2006
And feel-good is clearly the aim of this faithful remake of 1943s Lassie Come Home, written and directed by Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited) and based on the novel by Eric Knight. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Double vision at theaters Aug 27, 2006
The old: Various movies since the 1943 "Lassie Come Home," not to mention the '50s TV show that made collies the most popular dog among kids (even the ones who didn't need to be rescued from wells). The new: A family in financial crisis has to sell their beloved canine, who escapes when hundreds of miles away and tries to return to the original owners. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Entertainment)
Lassie's Revival Aug 21, 2006
The short story "Lassie Come Home" was written by Eric Knight as a Christmas tale ... A runaway hit for MGM, "Lassie Come Home" propelled its star into the big time, not to mention her 11-year-old castmate Elizabeth Taylor. (CBS News)
Nostalgia, glee follow lassie Jun 26, 2006
The film, starring Peter O'Toole, follows a plot line similar to that of 1943's Lassie Come Home. Claudia Zequeira can be reached at czequeira@orlandosentinel. (Orlando Sentinel)
Liz: I shared bed with Jacko Jun 3, 2006
Miss Taylor was a child star in films such as Lassie Come Home and National Velvet, while Jackson performed with his family pop group The Jackson Five from an early age. The actress told King that she and 47-year-old Jackson are 'very much alike. (This is London)
Lassie comes home again with a message of love May 8, 2006
It is a retelling of "Lassie Come Home," the 1940 children's book by Eric Knight which was the basis for the 1943 movie that launched one of the most successful franchises in show business, including 11 feature films and a long-running TV series that now graying Baby Boomers grew up on. A poor Yorkshire family fallen on hard times sell their beloved collie, who is devoted to young Joe, to a wealthy Duke, who wants the prized animal for his granddaughter. (ABC News)
CURTAIN COLLIE Apr 30, 2006
"Lassie Come Home" (1943) marked the movie debut of a sable-and-white stunner named Pal in the title role; his human co-star is young Elizabeth Taylor. In Hollywood's best-known case of gender-bending, the character of Lassie is usually female, but she's always played by males because a larger-sized male collie looks more impressive. (New York Post -- Living)
'Lassie' is Britain's favorite TV pet Apr 20, 2006
The collie remains a favorite among dog lovers nearly 70 years after British author Eric Knight first wrote the short story "Lassie Come Home," The Scotsman noted. Voted No. 2 in the survey by Pets at Home was Wellard, the dog seen on the soap "EastEnders," followed by the Boarder collie, Shep, from the children's show "Blue Peter." Petra, another "Blue Peter" pet came in at No. 4 in the survey of 2,000 people. (Washington Times, DC)
Lassie for a new generation to headline Sprockets Mar 16, 2006
Charles Sturridge's remake of the Eric Knight novel Lassie Come Home is set in 1939 in a small Yorkshire mining town. The director sticks close to the original story in his new edition of Lassie for a generation of children who do not yet know the story of the friendly collie. (CBC Toronto)
