---
title: 'So Dear to My Heart (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hamilton Luske'
released: '1948-11-29'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/so-dear-to-my-heart-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041890/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# So Dear to My Heart (1948)

1948 · 84 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

So Dear to My Heart is a 1948 American live-action/animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Its world premiere was in Chicago, Illinois, on November 29, 1948. Like 1946's Song of the South, the film combines animation and live action. It is based on the 1943 Sterling North book Midnight and Jeremiah. The book was revised by North to parallel the film's storyline amendments and then re-issued under the same title as the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hamilton Luske](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamilton-luske), [Harold D. Schuster](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-d-schuster)
- **Screenplay:** [John Tucker Battle](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-tucker-battle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Don Raye](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-raye), [Mel Tormé](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-torme), [Gene de Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-de-paul), [Robert Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wells), [Paul Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-smith), [Eliot Daniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliot-daniel), [Irving Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-taylor)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Winton Hoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/winton-hoch)

## Cast

- [Matt Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-willis-2) as horse trainer
- [Beulah Bondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-bondi) as Granny Kincaid
- [Burl Ives](https://cinepixo.com/people/burl-ives) as Uncle Hiram Douglas
- [Luana Patten](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-patten) as Tildy
- [Spelman B. Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/spelman-b-collins)
- [Raymond Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-bond) as storekeeper
- [Walter Soderling](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-soderling) as villager
- [Matt Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-willis)
- [Bobby Driscoll](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-driscoll) as Jeremiah Kincaid
- [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey-2) as Judge
- [John Beal](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-beal)

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/so-dear-to-my-heart
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/so-dear-to-my-heart-1948
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