Robert Weatherwax, son of the creator of Lassie, with a 7th generation descendent of Lassie in 1994. Janson Media/Courtesy Everett Collection Robert Weatherwax, a second-generation Hollywood animal ...

Oct. 7—TAZEWELL, Va. — Lassie once called Tazewell County home. Long-time area residents may recall that the 1994 motion picture "Lassie" was filmed locally in Tazewell, Va. Most of the filming from ...

No matter in which incarnation, Lassie has been tugging at the hearts of film and TV viewers for 50 years. But she isn’t a tortured star. Actually, Lassie is kind of mellow. On a weekday afternoon, ...

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, ...