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Old Yeller
1956 newfangled by Fred Gipson
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Old Yeller laboratory analysis a 1956 children's new written near Fred Gipson[1] and illustrated by Carl Burger.[2] Give rise to received a Newbery Honour in 1957.[3] In 1957, Walt Filmmaker released a film suiting starring Tommy Kirk, Accept Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, Abandon Connors, impressive Beverly Washburn.
Plot
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Old Yeller (film)
1957 American film
Old Yeller is a 1957 American Westerndrama film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney. It stars Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker, with Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, and Chuck Connors. It is about a boy and a stray dog in post-Civil War Texas. The film is based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Fred Gipson.[2] Gipson also co-wrote the screenplay along with William Tunberg.
Old Yeller was released on December 25, 1957, to critical acclaim, and was a commercial success, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 1957 and earning $6.25 million in the United States and Canada. The film's success led to a 1963 sequel, Savage Sam, which was based on a 1962 book by Gipson. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]
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[edit]In the late 1860s, Jim Coates leaves his family—wife Katie, teenage son Travis, and small son Arliss—to sell cattle in Kansas. While Jim is away, Travis sets off to work in the cornfield, where he encounters a Black Mouth Cur he names "Old Yeller", as "yeller" is a dialect pronunciation of "yellow" and the dog's bark res
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Fred Gipson
A Guide to the Fred Gipson Papers, 1948-1957, n.d.
Fred Gipson exhibit at the Wittliff Collections, Feb 1 - May 15, 2024
0.5 linear feet
1 document case
Complete inventory available in PDF
Acquisition: Gifts donated by Bill and Sally Wittliff, 1994.
Access: Direct inquiries to Archivist, Southwestern Writers Collection, Albert B. Alkek Library, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666-4604. (512) 245-2313.
Processed by: Amanda York, 2002.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Texas novelist and journalist Frederick Benjamin Gipson was born February 7, 1908, in Mason, TX, and is best known for his novel, Old Yeller. He graduated from high school in 1926, worked various jobs until he attended the University of Texas from 1933-37. Although he did not complete his degree, he found work as a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times from 1938-40. He began working as a freelance writer in 1940, publishing many short stories, especially in the Southwest Review. His first non-fiction book, Fabulous Empire : Colonel Zack Miller’s Story, was published in 1946, and his first fictional work, Hound-Dog Man in 1949.
Gipson went on to publish many more fiction and non-fiction works, winning numerous awards, and garnering special recognition for Ol