The Yearling (1946)


The Yearling
Release Date18 December 1946
Budget$4,000,000
US Box Office$5,000,000
TaglineTHRILLS! DRAMA! HEART-THROBS! (reissue print ad - all caps)
GenreDrama, Family
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBig Bear Lake, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The Yearling is a 1946 family film drama made by MGM. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Sidney Franklin. The screenplay was by Paul Osborn and John Lee Mahin (uncredited), adapted from the novel of the same name by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It tells the story of a boy who adopts a fawn as a pet and stars Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills and Forrest Tucker.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Ezra 'Penny' Baxter

Orry Baxter

Buck Forrester

Pa Forrester

Ma Forrester

Mr. Boyles

Lem Forrester

Donn Gift
Fodderwing

Frank Eldredge
Deckhand

Jane Green
Mrs. Saunders

Arch Forrester

Captain

Twink Weatherby

George Mann
Pack Forrester

Robert Porterfield
Mate

Houseley Stevenson
Mr. Ranger

Joan Wells
Eulalie Boyles

Millwheel Forrester

Matt Willis
Gabby Forrester

Chick York
Doc Wilson

Jeff York
Oliver Hutto

Director

Writer

Paul Osborn

uncredited

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Arthur E. Arling

Leonard Smith

Editor

Harold F. Kress
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Art Director

Paul Groesse
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Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Valles
-

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup designer

Production Manager

Jay Marchant
production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Chester M. Franklin
second unit director

Joseph Boyle
assistant director

Art Department

Carl Friend
props: second unit

Dean Pearson
props: second unit

Sound Department

recording director

Special Effects

Warren Newcombe
special effects

Stunts

Alva D. Kinsey Sr.
stunt double

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costume supervisor

Music Department

Frederick Delius
composer: themes

conductor: The MGM Symphony Orchestra

R.H. Bassett
orchestrator

Wally Heglin
orchestrator

Albert Sendrey
orchestrator

Other Crew

Henri Jaffa
associate technicolor color director

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

Leslie H. Martinson
script supervisor

Wallace Worsley Jr.
location script clerk

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.

Distributor

CBS Television

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

MGM-International Dist.
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Warner Home Video






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Films directed by Clarence Brown
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Anna Christie (1930)
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