"Docile, If Not Extraordinarily Trained" - Lassie Come Home & Courage of Lassie

Roddy McDowall & Pal in Lassie Come Home (Fred M. Wilcox, 1943)
Elizabeth Taylor & Pal in Courage of Lassie (Fred M. Wilcox, 1946)
"Lassie, a beautiful collie, is given a great deal of camera attention & is docile, if not extraordinarily trained. The dog is the focal point for a great deal of pathos" - Variety, December 31, 1942