Good-bye, My Lady (1956) DVD

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Good-bye, My Lady (1956)

Director
- William A. Wellman
Writers
- Albert Sidney Fleischman(screenplay by)
- James Street(from the novel "Good-Bye, My Lady" by)
Stars
- Walter Brennan
- Phil Harris
- Brandon De Wilde
The focus of this heartfelt family film is Skeeter (Brandon de Wilde), a 14-year-old orphan who lives with his aged Uncle Jesse (Walter Brennan) in the swamps of the deep South. Their lives are brightened by a stray dog that Skeeter discovers and takes in. He makes the basenji his own, but eventually finds out that the dog is missing and its owner has posted a reward for its return.

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Posted by Jim Mayor on May 19th 2023

Good-bye, My Lady (1956) is an unfortunate movie. It is based on a novel of the same title and presumably is for dog lovers or a boy-and-his-dog story lovers. It isn’t! The irresponsible handling of the movie’s star, Lady (My Lady of the Congo, plus stand-ins), is pretty awful and that is just what is on camera. I would hate to think what happened off-camera. In any case, the plot is simple. And old man, Jesse Jackson (Walter Brennan), and young boy, Skeeter Jackson (Brandon deWilde) live and learn off the land together in the swamps of southeastern Mississippi. Skeeter spots a strange dog, catches it and takes ownership of Lady. “Finders keepers...” Two added characters stir the pot: the local general store owner, A. H. 'Cash' Evans (Phil Harris), and the local person of color, and the only one who is apparently well-read, Gates Watson (Sidney Poitier). Eventually, they contact the owner, a kennel in Connecticut, who wants the valuable dog back for breeding (read that "puppy mill"). Poor Lady’s young friend abandons her. The movie is neither moving nor sensitive.