Good-bye, My Lady

1956
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1h 34m

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7.2/10

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An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

Director
- William A. Wellman
Writers
- Albert Sidney Fleischman
- James Street
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.1K

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Director
- William A. Wellman
Writers
- Albert Sidney Fleischman
- James Street
Stars

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Skeeter Jackson
(as Brandon de Wilde)

Sidney Poitier

Gates Watson

William Hopper

Walden Grover

Louise Beavers

Bonnie Drew

George Chandler

Reporter
(uncredited)

My Lady of the Congo

Lady the Dog
(uncredited)

Director
- William A. Wellman
Writers
- Albert Sidney Fleischman
- James Street
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Trivia
When not filming with the thirteen-year-old Brandon De Wilde, My Lady (full registered name: My Lady of the Congo) spent all her time with him. My Lady was six months old when she was brought over from England, along with other Basenjis to act as stand-ins. In the agreement to supply the dog, it was written into the contract that My Lady would belong to De Wilde after filming was completed.

Goofs
A shot of Uncle Jesse and Skeeter's kitchen shows a bag of C&H (California and Hawaiian) sugar on the shelf. C&H sugar distribution has been almost exclusively west of the Mississippi River. Domino is the longtime sugar of choice in Mississippi, where the story takes place.

Quotes
Uncle Jesse Jackson: That dog's a foreign dog.
Skeeter Jackson: Maybe it's a Yankee dog. You know how Yankees are.
Uncle Jesse Jackson: I don't know much about Yankees, thank the good Lord, but that dog's been around folks. Don't belong around here.

Connections
Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: Goodbye My Lady (1964)

Soundtracks
When Your Boy Becomes a Man
Lyrics by Moris Erby
Music by Don Powell
Sung over main title by Howard Keel

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Featured review

7/10

not bad at all

I too caught this one on American Movie Classics and I have to say it's a modest little movie that does a lot of things right. The moment we hear of a movie about a boy and a dog, we expect a surfeit of sentimentality, a la "Old Yeller". This movie is rather understated, right down to being in black & white and having a single acoustic guitar do the background music. The movie does not opt for the cheap happy ending it might have, but gives us something sadder and more real. By doing so it makes for a much richer movie. This fine little film isn't going to be on anyone's "ten greatest movies" list, but it's worth a see.