Lassie, a star in there own way, not a human, nor with an Oscar. But one who touched the hearts of many back in the old days of the 40s & 50s. I'm working on rewatching / first-time watching all the lassie films. With my goal to rank them worst to best. There's a lot of them, I think 9 or so. all of varying directors, and qualities.

Lassie Come Home (1943) Is a very good film, in-fact the first theatrical Lassie film and definitely of a different era, with it's simplistic plot, and long journey with only minimal conflict, I did really like it on rewatch and I definitely want to watch more Lassie because of it. Cute, nice performances, a story about the loyalty of a dog at it's heart and a gorgeous pup to show for it. 7/10 No real complaints, maybe could've been shorter but I mean it was shorter then I remembered!

I think what I love is that it's a simple story, it's just about a dog going above and beyond to get home to it's owner. which sure, now days has been done a billion times! But I love the gentleness of this version, no major mountain lion fight or cruel bussiness-man wanting to kill the dog. It has some action and more thrilling moments, but I mean frankly they take like only 8 mins or so of the runtime. It's simple, sweet and fun.