English folk song "Lavender Blue," but lost to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter. Bobby Driscoll received a special Juvenile Award from the Academy, honoring him as "the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949". (In addition to So Dear to My Heart, he had garnered critical acclaim for his dramatic performance in the RKO melodrama The Window.) The film is recognized by American Film Institute in this list: 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: "Lavender Blue" – Nominated Production The train depot in the film was later relocated to Ward Kimball's Grizzly Flats Railroad in his backyard. After the railroad closed, John Lasseter relocated it to the Justi Creek Railway. Release The film returned rentals to RKO by 1951 of $2,775,000 with $2,200,000 being generated in the U.S. and Canada. The film was re-released in 1964 and earned an estimated $1.5 million in rentals in the U.S. and Canada. So Dear to My Heart was released on home video in 1986. It was then re-released in 1992 and released on video in 1994 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. The film was originally planned for a US DVD release as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection, but was cancelled, with no particular reason given. Six years after seeing a region 2 DVD release, it was released in the US on DVD in July 2008 as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive. See also 1948 in film List of American films of 1948 List of Walt Disney Pictures films List of films with live action and animation References External links So Dear to My Heart: The Secrets Behind the Film Walt Disney Pictures films 1948 films 1940s English-language films American comedy-drama films 1948 comedy-drama films 1948 musical films Films based on children's books Films set in 1903 Films set in Indiana Films based on American novels Films directed by Hamilton Luske Films directed by Harold D. Schuster 1940s American animated films Films produced by Walt Disney Films produced by Perce Pearce Films scored by Paul Smith (film and television composer) American films with live action and animation 1940s children's animated films Walt Disney Pictures animated films Films with screenplays by Maurice Rapf