Lassie (1943-2005)

Lassie is a fictional character created by Eric Knight. She is a female Rough Collie dog, and is featured in a short story that was later expanded to a 1940 full-length novel called Lassie Come-Home. Knight's novel was filmed by MGM in 1943, as Lassie Come Home, with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six other MGM feature films through 1951.
Pal's owner and trainer Rudd Weatherwax then acquired the Lassie name and trademark from MGM and appeared with Pal (as "Lassie") at rodeos, fairs, and similar events across America in the early 1950s. In 1954, the long-running, Emmy winning television series Lassie debuted - a creation of Weatherwax and producer Robert Maxwell. It follows the adventures of Lassie and her companions, both human and animal, and was televised from 12 September 1954 to 25 March 1973. A succession of Pal's descendants appeared in the series.
The fourth longest-running U.S. primetime television series after The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, and Law & Order, the show chalked up seventeen seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons. Initially filmed in black and white, the show transitioned to color in 1965.
The show's first ten seasons follow Lassie's adventures in a small farming community. For the first three seasons, fictional eleven-year-old Jeff Miller, his mother, and his grandfather, are Lassie's first human companions. In the fourth season, seven-year-old Timmy Martin and his adoptive parents take over. When Lassie's exploits on the farm end in the eleventh season, she finds new adventures in the wilderness alongside United States Forest Service Rangers. After traveling on her own for a year, Lassie finally settles at a children's home for her final two syndicated seasons.
In this torrent are videos of all 103 episodes from the first three seasons, and 30 episodes from later seasons. In addition, all 23 Lassie live-action movies are here. Ten were feature films shown in theaters between 1943 and 2005, while 13 were TV movies broadcast from 1963 to 1978.