Lassie Come Home (1943) - (Movie Clip) I Only Want Lassie
Young Yorkshireman Joe (Roddy McDowall) had no warning whatever that his cash-strapped parents (Donald Crisp, Elsa Lanchester) had plans to sell the collie, rushing home after school for a difficult explanation, early in the MGM hit that launched the popular series, Lassie Come Home, 1943.
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Lassie Come Home - (Original Trailer)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to his lost family in Lassie Come Home (1943) starring Roddy McDowall.
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Lassie Come Home (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Apply Yourself
Prologue about the author, introduction of the famous collie and his young master Joe (Roddy McDowall), distracted in school, from MGM's hit Lassie Come Home, 1943, featuring Elizabeth Taylor.
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Lassie Come Home (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Bid Her Stay
Father and Joe (Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall) return the star to the duke (Nigel Bruce) after a second escape, the trainer (J. Patrick OMalley) scolded before Priscilla (Elizabeth Taylor) offers reassurance, in her first on-screen meeting with her lifelong friend (McDowall), in Lassie Come Home, 1943.
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Lassie Come Home (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Was She Worth Waiting For?
First appearance of young Priscilla (Elizabeth Taylor), with grandfather the Duke (Nigel Bruce), meeting his new collie, and the iffy trainer Hynes (J. Patrick O'Malley), in MGM's Lassie Come Home, 1943.
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Guest Programmer: John Singleton -- (TCM Promo)
Director John Singleton joins Robert Osborne as Guest Programmer, introducing Lassie Come Home, Meet John Doe, High Noon, Gunga Din and Psycho, at 8pm EDT Tuesday, September 30th.