Subsequent to the 1948 filming of Midnight and Jeremiah as So Dear to My Heart, a revised edition of North's book was published under the film's title and with the lamb now named Danny in honor of celebrity harness horse Dan Patch: film-maker Walt Disney, who regarded Dan Patch as an icon of Americana as nostalgia, had insisted his film So Dear to My Heart open with Jeremiah encountering Dan Patch when a train transporting the horse makes a local stopover.
After filming Midnight and Jeremiah as So Dear to My Heart in 1948, North revised his book under the film's title, renaming the lamb Danny in honor of celebrity harness horse Dan Patch: filmmaker Walt Disney, who viewed Dan Patch as an icon of Americana and nostalgia, insisted that his film So Dear to My Heart begin with Jeremiah encountering Dan Patch when a train carrying the horse made a local stop.