- Description:
- DVD - Region free. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
24 fps
- Notes:
- In the Early Sound Era, talent from all over - veteran vaudevillians, musical icons, radio personalities, Broadway luminaries - performed in specialty shorts augmenting main features that packed moviehouses. One particular pack stood out: the amazingly trained tail-waggers of the 10 “All-Barkie” Dogville Comedies. Directed by Zion Myers and Jules White, these unusual attractions showcased creatively costumed “talking” dogs of various breeds and spoofed the noble and naughty behaviors of people. They pulled of grrrreat rrrriffs of the era’s movies, from unquiet Western Front war heroics and Great Woof Way musical extravaganzas to Great Whelp Hunter jungle expeditions and Prison Pups breakout thrills. A nationwide theatre owners poll in 1930 rated the Dogvilles as the best short subjects over more legendary comedy and musical series. See if you agree, as you walk these dogs and unleash a whole lotta laughter.
Titles
+ Big Dog House, The
- Director:
- Myers, Zion / White, Jules
- Production Co:
- MGM
- Running Time:
- Short. 16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - dolby digital stereo
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1931
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Comedy, Short
- Notes:
- Trixie and Fido live at the mercy of their evil boss, manager of the Dogville Department Store. The boss has his eye on Trixie and so frames Fido for murder. Trixie is convinced that her man (er, dog rather) is innocent and works feverishly to save him from the electric chair.
+ Love-Tails of Morocco
- Director:
- Myers, Zion / White, Jules
- Production Co:
- MGM
- Running Time:
- Short. 16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - dolby digital stereo
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1931
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Comedy, Short
- Notes:
- Soldiers at an outpost in the Dogville Foreign Legion share stories behind the reason they joined the legion. All the stories are about how women did them wrong in one way or another. They all agree that they are fed up with women, until a certain visitor shows up.
+ Two Barks Brothers
- Director:
- Myers, Zion / White, Jules
- Production Co:
- MGM
- Running Time:
- Short. 16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - dolby digital stereo
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1931
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Comedy, Short
- Notes:
- Twin brothers are separated at birth when one is stolen by gypsies. One becomes a district attorney. The other becomes a drifter. Thirty years later, circumstances bring them together again, unbeknownst to them.
+ Trader Hound
- Director:
- Myers, Zion / White, Jules
- Production Co:
- MGM
- Running Time:
- Short. 15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - dolby digital stereo
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1931
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Comedy, Short
- Notes:
- Four-legged Trader Hound, that fearless veteran of the jungle, and his companion, a young sheik in search of adventure, travel to Africa for a safari and to rescue the beautiful Nina T-Bone.