So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart is a 1949 feature film produced by Walt Disney, whose world premiere was in Indianapolis on January 19, 1949, released by RKO Radio Pictures. Like 1946s Song of the South, the film combines animation and live action. It is based on the Sterling North book Midnight and Jeremiah.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Burl Ivess version of the 17thcentury English folk song Lavender Blue, but lost to Baby, Its Cold Outside from Neptunes Daughter.Bobby Driscoll received a special Juvenile Award from the Academy, honoring him as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949. In addition to So Dear to My Heart, he had garnered critical acclaim for his dramatic performance in the RKO melodrama The Window. ........

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