The Red Pony.
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✎ Suggest a correctionA study of the emotions of a small boy. Experiencing grief and despair over the death of his pony, the boy loses faith in those he loves until the birth of a colt brings him an understanding of life.
Steinbeck adapted his novella into a screenplay. The film features a much happier ending than the book. In the book, Billy Buck cannot deliver the foal naturally and so has to kill the mare in order to remove her uterus. Other violent scenes were toned down or omitted entirely for the film.
Steinbeck adapted his novella into a screenplay. The film features a much happier ending than the book. In the book, Billy Buck cannot deliver the foal naturally and so has to kill the mare in order to remove her uterus. Other violent scenes were toned down or omitted entirely for the film.
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Copyright
2Feb49 L2200, renewed 8Nov76 R645383 Renewal claimant: Repix, Inc Original author: Charles K. Feldman Group Productions & Lewis Milestone Productions, Inc © Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions and Lewis Milestone Productions, Inc.; 2Feb49; LP2200.
Complete catalog record
THE RED PONY. Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions-Lewis Milestone Productions, Inc. Released by Republic Pictures Corp., c1949. 89 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Summary: A study of the emotions of a small boy. Experiencing grief and despair over the death of his pony, the boy loses faith in those he loves until the birth of a colt brings him an understanding of life. Credits: Producer and director, Lewis Milestone; screenplay, John Steinbeck; music, Aaron Copland; film editor, Harry Keller. Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Shepperd Strudwick, Peter Miles. © Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions and Lewis Milestone Productions, Inc.; 2Feb49; LP2200.
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