So Dear to My Heart

Like Disney's earlier Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart peppers its live action with animated sequences. In this film, however, it is the "live" story that lingers longest in the memory. Set in 1903, the film takes place on the small Kincaid farm. Twin sheep are born in the barn: one white, one ...more

Though definitely not a sequel, So Dear to My Heart is something of a follow-up to the more memorable Song of the South (although without the earlier film's racial aspect that causes discomfort among some modern viewers). Heart features several of Song's cast members, an agrarian period setting and a blend of live action and animation, but there the similarities end. The animation is professional but neither as lively nor as interesting as that in Song, and the cartoon elements therefore do not ...more