Dogs of War! is a 1923 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 short subject

Short subject

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

, the fourteenth entry in Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...

's Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

(Little Rascals) series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Robert F. McGowan

Robert Francis McGowan was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933.-Career:...

, the two-reel short was released to theaters in July 1923 by Pathé Exchange. The short was filmed alongside Why Worry?

Why Worry?

Why Worry? is a 1923 American comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. It was made shortly after and within the same year as Lloyd's most well-known film today, Safety Last!.- Plot :...

, a feature

Feature film

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 comedy produced by Roach and starring Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd

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, who makes a cameo appearance in Dogs of War as himself.

Plot

Near West Coast Studios in Hollywood, the gang is are waging a street war against a rival group of kids; their ammunition primarily consisting of old vegetables. The battle is halted when Mary is called to act in one of the West Coast films. The rest of the gang tries to crash the studio gates and get a role in the picture, but the casting director throws them out. Farina manages to sneak into the studio, however, prompting the other kids to sneak in after her. Several chases throughout the property then ensue.

Cast

• Joe Cobb
  Joe Cobb
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   - Joe
• Jackie Condon
  Jackie Condon
  John Michael "Jackie" Condon was an American child actor who was a regular on the Our Gang short series during the Pathé silent era.-Career:...
  
   - Jackie
• Mickey Daniels
  Mickey Daniels
  Richard "Mickey" Daniels, Jr. was a juvenile actor. Signed by Hal Roach in 1923, he was, along with fat Joe Cobb, scruffy Jackie Condon, pretty Mary Kornman, and smiling "Sunshine Sammy" , a regular in the popular Our Gang comedies.-Biography:The red-haired, gap-toothed, freckled whipper snapper...
  
   - Mickey
• Jack Davis
  Jack Davis (actor)
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   - Jack
• Allen Hoskins - Farina
• Ernest Morrison - Sunshine Sammy
• Mary Kornman
  Mary Kornman
  Mary Kornman was an American child actress who was the leading female star of the Our Gang series during the Pathé silent era.-Our Gang:...
  
   - Mary
• Andy Samuel
  Andy Samuel
  Andy Samuel , a native of Los Angeles, California, was a child actor who appeared in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1923 to 1925.-External links:...
  
   - Rival gang member
• George "Freckles" Warde - Rival gang member
• Gabe Saienz - Rival gang member
• Elmo Billings - Rival gang member
• Harold Lloyd
  Harold Lloyd
  Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
  
   - Himself
• Roy Brooks
  Roy Brooks
  Roy Brooks was an American hard bop jazz drummer.-Biography:Brooks was born in Detroit and drummed since childhood. He was an outstanding varsity basketball player as a teenager and was offered a scholarship to the Detroit Institute of Technology; he attended the school for three semesters and...
  
   - Studio receptionist
• Dick Gilbert
  Dick Gilbert
  Dick Gilbert , was an American actor mainly associated with the Hal Roach Studios,where he appeared in numerous Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy comedies...
  
   - Studio guard
• William Gillespie - Studio director
• Charley Young
  Charley Young
  Charles Lee Young is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at North Carolina State University and was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft....
  
   - Studio cameraman
• Charles Stevenson
  Charles Stevenson
  Charles Leslie Stevenson was an American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics....
  
   - Studio actor
• Clara Guiol - Studio actress
• Joseph Morrison
  Joseph Morrison
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   - Studio assistant director
• Sammy Brooks
  Sammy Brooks
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   - Studio crew member
• Wallace Howe
  Wallace Howe
  Wallace Howe , was an American actor. He appeared in 89 films between 1918 and 1936.He was born in Pennsylvania, USA.-External links:...
  
   - Actor around the lot
• Leo White
  Leo White
  Leo White was a stage performer and appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies...
  
   - Actor around the lot
• Jobyna Ralston
  Jobyna Ralston
  Jobyna Ralston was an American stage and film actress.-Early life and career:Born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston in South Pittsburg, Tennessee in 1899 to parents who named her after famed entertainer of the time, Jobyna Howland...
  
   - Herself
• Fred Newmeyer - Harold Lloyd's cameraman
• Bob Davis
  Bob Davis
  Robert "Bob" Davis was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .-Playing career:...
  
   - Truck driver
• Walter Lundin - Harold Lloyd's cameraman