A Dog of Flanders (1935)

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

Director:

Edward Sloman

Writers:

Ouida (novel), Dorothy Yost (adaptation)

Stars:

Frankie Thomas, O.P. Heggie, Helen Parrish

Cast

Complete credited 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

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

boy | painter | young love | genius | prodigy | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1935 (USA)

Also Known As:

El perro de Flandes

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nello Daas aspires to be an artist, like his idol, Peter Paul Rubens, whose painting he "visits" for inspiration in Antwerp Cathedral. The painting Nello sees in the film is Rubens' triptych, "The Descent from the Cross" (1612-1614). Other Rubens paintings in Antwerp Cathedral include "The Elevation (Raising) of the Cross" (1610-1611), also a triptych; and "The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" (1626), the Cathedral's altarpiece.

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Quotes

Nello Daas: [Nello and his grandfather encounter a man on the road who has beaten his dog and left him for dead; after the man leaves, Nello listens to the dog's breathing] I think he's only a little dead.

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Connections

Version of Gekijôban Furandaasu no inu (1997)

User Reviews

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.