Greyfriars Bobby
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Movie Reviews of Greyfriars Bobby
Movie Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Delighted that a film has been made of this wonderful story. A real tear jerkerMovie Review: love
Summary: 5 Stars
shows whot love can do to this world. and the changes it makes.Movie Review: The way a Walt Disney Movie should be!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is one of my favorite movies of all time.Movie Review: Touching Dog Story
Summary: 4 Stars
Old Jock worked as a shepherd for many years. Unfortunately, the master of the farm can no longer afford to keep Old Jock on. Old Jock heads to Edinburgh to an uncertain future, leaving his dog Bobby behind to be the dog of his master's daughter. Bobby has other ideas and follows Old Jock off to Edinburgh. To use a cliché, the rest is history.
We know that Old Jock is sick at the beginning of the movie. He has a persistent cough that must be an indication of something bad. After his arrival in Edinburgh he has the good fortune to meet with Mr. Traill, who owns a tavern. Old Jock also has the good fortune to encounter Bobby, who has been looking for him everywhere. Mr. Traill tries to get a doctor to see to Old Jock, but Old Jock associates doctors and infirmaries with dying, so he disappears into the rain before the doctor arrives. Old Jock eventually finds a room at a cheap inn with a leaking roof and a screechy old woman as the proprietress. Old Jock plays with Bobby one last time before falling into a sleep from which he will never arise.
A problem arises immediately. Where is Old Jock's Skye Terrier Bobby to live? Bobby knows only one master, Old Jock, and he sleeps now in Greyfriars Kirkyard (which means a church yard). There is trouble for Bobby to stay in the Kirkyard. Mr. Brown, the caretaker of Greyfriars Kirkyard, will not permit a dog to stay in the Kirkyard. What no one has reckoned with is the power of Bobby's pure love and the effect it has on everyone who meets him.
"Greyfriars Bobby" is a marvelous Disney film that captures all the things we love most about animals and dogs in particular. Some animals just seem to capture our hearts with their single-minded devotion, and certainly everyone, including the Provost of Edinburgh and the population of Edinburgh, felt Bobby's love. I certainly got a warm feeling as I watched this movie. I am glad that this movie is part of my collection and I look forward to watching it again.
This movie contains quite a few well-known actors. Donald Crisp played Mr. Brown. Crisp also appeared in "Spencer's Mountain," "Pollyanna," "A Dog of Flanders" (1960), "National Velvet" and many more. Laurence Naismith played Mr. Traill. Naismith made a number of television appearances in the 1960's and 1970's. He also appeared in the James Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever," "Sink the Bismarck," "Boy on a Dolphin," and dozens of other films. Alex MacKenzie played Old Jock (whose real name was John Gray). Mackenzie has a relatively short career, but he appeared in two other Disney films in the early 1960's: "Kidnapped" and "The Three Lives of Thomasina." Many of the other actors also had long and successful acting careers, including Duncan McRae, Gordon Jackson, Freda Jackson, Joyce Carey, Jameson Clark, and Bruce Seton.
Historical Note: There is a statue to Bobby located at the corner of King George IV Bridge and Candlemaker's Row. Bobby was a real dog who watched over his master's grave for fourteen years after his death. The movie did take a number of liberties with Bobby's story, but those liberties did a nice job of capturing the feeling of Bobby's loyalty and love.
"Greyfriars Bobby" captures all the magic that Walt Disney could put into a film inspired by a true story. This film is suitable for every member of the family and every family should have this film in their library.
Enjoy!
Movie Review: Watch Out For The Pennies, Half-Pennies, And Farthings.
Summary: 4 Stars
Enough has been said elsewhere about what a charming, heart-rending tale this is, so, just to be different, I would like to draw your attention to the scene where the tenement children turn up at court with seven shillings in pennies, half-pennies and farthings to pay Bobby's licence fee and thus save his life.
The scene is set in 1867, but when the coins are poured out on the table in court, you will see that several of the pennies bear the old, veiled head of Queen Victoria which did not appear until 1893. Furthermore, if you freeze that scene, and play it frame by frame, you will notice miscellaneous coins from the reigns of George V and George VI, whose reigns did not begin until 1910 and 1936 respectively.
Admittedly it is highly unlikely that these latter coins would have been noticed by anybody, but the old, veiled head of Queen Victoria on some of the pennies is glaringly obvious. In 1961, when this film was made, coins of all monarchs, from Victoria onwards, were still in general circulation in varying quantities.
Greyfriars Bobby is still a delightful film, but watching out for the coins will perhaps add a little bit of extra interest.