A Dog of Flanders (1935)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Edward Sloman

Writers:

Ouida (novel)
Dorothy Yost (adaptation)

Release Date:

22 March 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Tentative adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter. |

Plot Keywords:

Painter | Boy | Dog | Orphan | Loyalty

Cast

Frankie Thomas	...	Nello Daas
O.P. Heggie	...	Grandfather Jehan Daas
Helen Parrish	...	Maria Cogez
DeWitt Jennings	...	Carl Cogez
Ann Shoemaker	...	Frau Ilse Cogez
Christian Rub	...	Hans
Richard Quine	...	Pieter Vanderkloot
Frank Reicher	...	Herr Vanderkloot
Nella Walker	...	Frau Vanderkloot
Addison Richards	...	Herr Herden
Josef Swickard	...	Monsieur de LaTour (replaced by Henry Kolker) (scenes deleted)
Sarah Padden	...	Frau Keller
Harry Beresford	...	Sacristan
Lightning	...	Leopold, 'Leo' the dog

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #621)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

A contemporary news item listed Henry Kolker in the cast, but he never appeared.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Patrasche: A Dog of Flanders, Made in Japan (2007)

Unimaginative Version of Weepy Story

Unimaginative filming of an already sentiment-steeped story. The actors are poorly directed indeed--they use exaggerated, cliched expressions and gestures that would have been out of place in the worst silent melodrama--and the production values are strictly Poverty Row (tho this film was in fact made by a major studio, RKO). The 1959 version with David Ladd is the version of choice.