Alice opens the lunch box to find a small snake inside.
The snake is clearly hanging out of the box, but in the next angle it is fully inside.
Long before the invention of contraptions, the children of the world learned about that world through the God-given gift of nature. Whether it be exploring the woods, climbing mountains or observing wildlife, the young were most times fascinated, and here, that fascination for a beautiful pony turns into devotion.
Often times we're disappointed with the film translation of great works of literature. However, it's unlikely most people have read The Red Pony, which is actually a conglomeration of four Steinbeck short stories.
For the most part, Republic Pictures was a second-tier movie studio known for making B-westerns...tons and tons of B-westerns.
This is a beautiful motion picture about a boy and a horse (and there are many of those). Adapted by John Steinbeck from the author's own short stories, it captures its rural setting perfectly, and the entire production is enlivened by strong characterizations.
My is Clint Howard young in this (came out the year my parents married. ) (and Ron and Clint's dad is in this.
The Red Pony was an early novel of John Steinbeck dealing with memories of his childhood in the Salinas Valley in California. It was Republic's prestige film for 1949 away from the B westerns that were the company's bread and butter.
The most truly American of classical composers, Aaron Copland's stirring music score is what still resonates most in this almost forgotten 1949 film, even though it boasts an impressive pedigree - a screenplay by John Steinbeck based on his own collection of short stories, direction from film veteran Lewis Milestone ("All Quiet on the Western Front", Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"), and A-list stars in Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy. It was the most expensive picture ever made at Republic Studios, a poverty-row operation that was kept afloat thanks to a successful string of John Wayne westerns.
Herbert J. Yates presents John Steinbeck's THE RED PONY (Feldman Productions/Milestone Productions/REPUBLIC PICTURES, 1949) Starring Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern.
John Steinbeck adapted his own book for the screen, in what turned out to be Republic Pictures' costliest production up to that time. Daydreaming young farm boy in central California receives a pony of his own, but learns that taking care of an animal is a big responsibility even for grown-ups.
