The Dogway Melody (1930)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Directors:

Zion Myers
Jules White

Writers:

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Short

Plot:

In this Dogville spoof of _Broadway Melody, The (1929)_ , Mr. Cur, a Broadway producer, puts on a show and makes a play for the leading lady. |

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Dogville | Animal On Wire | Dancing | Broadway New York City

Cast

Zion Myers	...	Various (voice) (uncredited)
Jules White	...	Various (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

Soundtrack:

The Broadway Melody

Pups in Charge

Just when I thought there wasn't anything else I could see from Old Hollywood in terms of pure weirdness, here comes THE DOGWAY MELODY, an approximately 20 minute short which spoofs THE Broadway MELODY and THE Broadway REVUEW OF 1929 in an original way. Instead of using humans or doing an animated short, dogs on puppet strings re-create scenes from these two movies using hilarious, almost crazy dialogue. One highlight is the sequences that spoof both "Mammy" from THE JAZZ SINGER" and "Singing in the Rain". Part of a series of movies called "Dogville" (not to be confused with the 2003 film DOGVILLE) that hit the theatres between 1929 - 1931.