The Yearling (1946 film)

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American film drama film family drama film film

The Yearling (1946 film) is a classic American family drama set in rural Florida, following a young boy’s poignant bond with an orphaned fawn and the hardships faced by his pioneer family.

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The Yearling	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ family drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ⓘ
award	Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
basedOn	The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
centralAnimal	orphaned fawn ⓘ
cinematographer	Arthur Arling ⓘ Sidney Wagner ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
composer	Herbert Stothart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Clarence Brown ⓘ
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
distributorRegion	theatrical release in the United States ⓘ
editor	Harold F. Kress ⓘ
filmingLocation	Florida ⓘ
genre	coming-of-age film ⓘ family drama ⓘ
mainCharacter	Jody Baxter ⓘ Anne Baxter ⓘ surface form: Ora Baxter Penny Baxter ⓘ
motionPictureRating	Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portraysCharacter	Claude Jarman Jr. as Jody Baxter ⓘ Gregory Peck as Penny Baxter ⓘ Jane Wyman as Ora Baxter ⓘ
producer	Sidney Franklin ⓘ
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
protagonist	Jody Baxter ⓘ
releaseDate	December 25, 1946 ⓘ
releaseYear	1946 ⓘ
runtime	128 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	John Lee Mahin ⓘ Paul Osborn ⓘ
settingLocation	rural Florida ⓘ
settingTimePeriod	post-Civil War era ⓘ
starring	Chill Wills ⓘ Claude Jarman Jr. ⓘ Forrest Tucker ⓘ Gregory Peck ⓘ Jane Wyman ⓘ
theme	coming of age ⓘ family hardship ⓘ loss and responsibility ⓘ man and nature ⓘ

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Gregory Peck → notableWork → The Yearling (1946 film) ⓘ

Jane Wyman → notableWork → The Yearling (1946 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Yearling