Love My Dog
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Love My Dog is a 1927 short silent
comedy film
directed by Robert F. McGowan
. It was the 59th Our Gang
short subject released. It was remade
in 1932 as The Pooch
.
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...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
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:...
. It was the 59th 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...
short subject released. It was remade
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
in 1932 as The Pooch
The Pooch
The Pooch is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 115th Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:Cheerful vagrant Stymie tries to get back in the good graces of the gang after stealing their pies...
.
Plot
Farina shares his chicken with a dark colored dog that has a bad leg. Joe arrives 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 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. 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
- Allen Hoskins - Farina
- Joe CobbJoe CobbJoe Frank Cobb was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929...
- Joe - Jackie CondonJackie CondonJohn 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 - Jay R. SmithJay R. SmithJay Roger Smith was an American former child actor who replaced Mickey Daniels as the "freckle-faced kid" of the Our Gang series in 1925. He continued appearing in the shorts until 1929.-Our Gang:...
- Jay - Scooter Lowry - Skooter
- Clifton YoungClifton YoungRobert Howard "Clifton" Young was an American film actor.-Career:Born Robert H. Young, the child actor played "Bonedust" in nineteen Our Gang films from 1925 to 1931, his most notable film being School's Out...
- Bonedust - Dick GilbertDick GilbertDick Gilbert , was an American actor mainly associated with the Hal Roach Studios,where he appeared in numerous Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy comedies...
- Attendant at gas station - Mildred KornmanMildred KornmanMildred Kornman , also known as Ricki VanDusen, is a former American child actress.Mildred, the younger sister of Mary Kornman, leading lady of the silent film Our Gang series, was featured as a regular in the series from 1926–1928 and made more appearances from 1929 until 1935...
- Baby on the ledge - Bobby Mallon - Kid warning the gang
- Charles McMurphy - Dog catcher
- Tiny SandfordTiny SandfordStanley J. "Tiny" Sandford was a tall, burly actor who is best remembered for his roles in Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin films. He was usually cast as a comic heavy, and often played policemen, doormen, prizefighters, or bullies.Sandford was born in Osage, Iowa. After working in stock...
- P. Fulton, attorney at law - Charley Young - Office worker