ELIZABETH TAYLOR / THE COURAGE OF LASSIE (1946) Photo

Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo, USA. Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle, Harry Davenport, dir: Fred Wilcox; MGM. Minor crease at top center blank white margin and tiny creases at top left and bottom right corners, near fine.

Originally titled (as indicated on the typed blurb on verso) Hold the High Torch, 14-year-old Elizabeth Taylor played a girl who rescued the orphaned Lassie and when separated, the dog is drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches from which it suffers battle fatigue.

Elizabeth was always the lover of animals, in this scene still she shares the moment with Frank Morgan and Lassie. The film was in Technicolor. The still is numbered S1339-35 on the lower right corner and there is a typed description blurb on the verso.