It’s a banner year for the humble collie that lives to rescue small children and foolhardy adults from forest fires, falling buildings and other dangers. Lassie is 50. The world’s favorite dog, ...

In the early 1950s, when television sent Hollywood into the doldrums and studios were thinning their contract lists, some stars began appearing in their own TV series. Among them: Lucille Ball, ...

Seven feature films about Lassie have preceded the Lassie movie that opens today: Lassie Come Home (1943); Son of Lassie (1944); Courage of Lassie (1946); Hills of Home (1948); The Sun Comes Up (1949) ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Friday that the daughter of Eric Knight, the author of “Lassie Come Home,” has the right to terminate Classic Media’s copyrights in the classic story of a ...

Bob Weatherwax, who trained dogs who played Lassie as a member of the famous family that also taught Hollywood hounds a thing or two in The Thin Man (Asta), The Wizard of Oz (Toto) and Old Yeller ...

Today’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Classic Media Inc vs Winifred Knight Mewborn is yet another win for intellectual property pit bull lawyer Marc ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - An heir to the author of "Lassie Come Home" did not sign away her termination rights to the story by inking a second contract, the 9th Circuit ruled. Winifred Knight Mewborn is ...