Yvonne I too liked horse but only access to them was our next-door neighbor, we would sneak into his pasture and bareback ride his, got plenty of experience from riding my bucking donkey Katy so horse was no problem. Did you ever see the Black Beauty series, movies? I really enjoyed Black Beauty starring Elizabeth Taylor when she was young.
Also I was part time city girl in Atlanta Ga. my friends and I were all over Atlanta, we kids would take the bus downtown to movies or just visiting stores. It was a beautiful city in the 50s and 60s. Lots of trees along the streets. It was safe then too. Times change, it was fun while it lasted. Liberals and WOKE conservatives have finally just about finished us off.
I do not think that I saw the movie, but I read the book, back when I was a kid, maybe around the same time as the Black stallion series, and King of the Wind, about the Godolphin Arabian. I do not remember the Black Beauty movie being at our theater even. Do you remember about when it came out ?
We didn’t have a television, so that is why I missed seeing it. The movie came out in 1944, according to your post, and was on TV, not in theaters when you watched it. I didn’t see any TV shows until I was in my mid-teens and my folks got a B/W television, but they usually only had the TV on for an hour or so at night. They liked things like Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan, so I usually didn’t watch the TV even when they had it on. It was probably late 1950’s when they bought a television, so I missed a lot of what people my age group watched back then.
We didn't have tv in 1940s either, don't think anybody had one, but when we did get one lots of reruns from old movies on The Late Show, and Late, Late Show. Plus mama took us to Drive In theatres a lot. We also went to walk in theatres Yvonne, you had the wonderful life of horse I didn't have and always wanted a horse when young., and I had the exertainment when it was really entertaining. We were both fortunate in different ways.
I too enjoyed Animal movies and t v show. Lassie, RinTinTin, Jungle movies Tarzan even the silent movie with Elmo Lincoln, Rama of the Jungle TV show, Bomba the Jungle Boy, any of the Disney nature movies. I still watch a lot of the current dog movies.
Oh yes, I do remember those, Tony, It also reminds me of us a song, Do You Remember These.  I'll put it in the song thread.
I believe I read a few of his years years ago. What am I think I actually started one of his just before Christmas.It's called "The Lonely Men". Good reminder for me to finish it.
I miss you too Don, I was reading about your strange intruder that's scary stuff. About fifteen years ago we had a car Thief jump our backyard fence and go into our barn. The police were searching for him. My daughter Had just come back into the house From the backyard and caught a glimpse of him going into the barn. She had the foresight to call the police and take a photo of him coming out. He took a baseball bat That I had stored in there with him. By the time the police got here he already jumped the fence in the back. She show the police the photo, don't know if they ever caught him.
I didn't know you had a intruder, what thread? Main reason we got these new dogs. Police said a dog is the best warning system you can have.