Love My Dog
| Love My Dog | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert F. McGowan |
| Written by | Hal Roach H. M. Walker |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Love My Dog is a 1927 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[1][2] It was the 59th Our Gang short subject released. It was remade in 1932 as The Pooch.
Plot
Jr shares his chicken with a dark colored dog that has a bad leg. Joe and Farina arrive on the scene, and cooks up a scheme to enter the dog in a dog show. Everything is fun and games until the dog catchers appear. The Gang and the dog catchers go back and forth capturing and losing the hounds. Much hilarity ensues. The bad guys finally capture the boys’ dog. As they are taking the dog to lock him away, the dog spots a baby following a cat out on a ledge several stories up. The dog races into the building and goes out on the ledge and saves the baby. The dog catchers capture the dog again. A great scene follows as Farina helps Jr wrestles with the dog catcher to save the dog as the Gang looks on. The Gang must raise five dollars to save the dog from being put to sleep. Jr, Joe and Farina find a boy who’ll pay two bits to punch them. Collectively, the gang takes it on the chin for their dog. They get their money and race to the pound only to be told that it was too late. They ask if they can have his remains and upon opening the gas chamber they discover that the dogs tail was plugging the gas hole.
Cast
- Johnny Thomas - Jr
- Allen Hoskins - Farina
- Joe Cobb - Joe
- Jackie Condon - Jackie
- Jay R. Smith - Jay
- Scooter Lowry - Skooter
- Clifton Young - Bonedust
- Ed Hall - Shuckles
- Dick Gilbert - Attendant at gas station
- Mildred Kornman - Baby on the ledge
- Bobby Mallon - Kid warning the gang
- Charles McMurphy - Dog catcher
- Tiny Sandford - P. Fulton, attorney at law
- Charley Young - Office worker
See also
References
- ^ "Silent Era: Love My Dog". silentera. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ Bowe, John. "New York Times: Love My Dog". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
External links
- Love My Dog at IMDb
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