Old Yeller
1957, G.
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dorothy Mcguire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk.

Closing out the Summer Splash Parties is this granddaddy of all boy-and-his-dog movies. You’re guaranteed to cry yourself a river ­ but since you’re already at the pool and wet, who’ll be able to notice your tears?

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.