Tale of a Dog

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Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas, and Our Gang in Tale of a Dog (1944)

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaWhen Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they mista... Leer todoWhen Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they mistakenly think that Bigshot has given Buckwheat the disease of the same name. Froggy, Janet, ... Leer todoWhen Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they mistakenly think that Bigshot has given Buckwheat the disease of the same name. Froggy, Janet, and Mickey proceed to incite a panic in the town of Greenpoint by spreading rumors of a sm... Leer todo

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- Cy Endfield
Guionistas
- Hal Law
- Robert A. McGowan
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- Robert A. McGowan
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Children

Gene Collins

Kid who grabs Dickie

Margaret Bert

Alarmed citizen
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Robert Blake

Mickey Blake
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Janet Burston

Janet
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Willa Pearl Curtis

Buckwheat's Mother
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Fern Emmett

Prissy gossiper #3
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Richard Hall

Dickie, small boy
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Cordell Hickman

Big Shot Jones
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Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin

Froggy Laughlin
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Dorothy Neumann

Prissy gossiper #2
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Anita Sharp-Bolster

Prissy gossiper #1
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Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas

Buckwheat Thomas
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Emmett Vogan

Dr. Parkson
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- Cy Endfield
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- Hal Law
- Robert A. McGowan
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5wes-connors

Production Closes on "Our Gang"

It's a sad day for Big Shot Jones (Cordell Hickman), who has been ordered to get rid of his dog. The problem is solved when Buckwheat Thomas (Billie Thomas) agrees to take ownership. He names the dog "Smallpox" and takes it to the clubhouse. Froggy (Billy Laughlin), Mickey (Robert Blake) and Janet (Janet Burston) arrive and overhear the boys talking. They mistakenly assume Buckwheat and Big Shot have smallpox. They inform the Greenpoint health officer and, soon, the entire town is in a panic. This is the penultimate "Our Gang" comedy released, and the last one filmed; this is most interesting for that fact. They had a great, 20-year run and more than duplicated that success in television re-runs.

***** Tale of a Dog (4/15/44) Cyril Endfield ~ Billie Thomas, Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Janet Burston

8tomneiman

A cute and funny short

Contrary to the defamatory statements made by so-called Our Gang critics Hal Erickson and Leonard Maltin, I found this to be an amusing film. I especially enjoyed the scenes of Buckwheat, Big Shot, and Smallpox the dog, the phone booth, Buckwheat covered with ice, and the talking animation of the dog at the end. I found this film to be funnier than so-called Little Rascals' classics such as "Dogs is Dogs" which I did not find to be funny at all. Give these MGM episodes a break. Release them together with of all of the other 88 Hal Roach talking episodes in packets of DVDs. While I'm at it, maybe somebody will find all of the missing films of the silent Our Gang episodes. That way, all 221 of them will be ready for packaged release on DVD. What a collection!

8dweilermg-1

Great Comedy But ...

Sadly Willa Pearl Curtis' portrayal of Buckwheat's mama as a goofy stereotypical black "Mammy" would keep this comedy short off of TV today. ♣

6kpetnews

Not too bad until Mickey, Froggy and Janet become involved

Oddly enough, I found the first minute or so with Buckwheat and Big Shot discussing the dog to be a warm, endearing scene. Buckwheat's decision to call the dog "Smallpox" is rather contrived, but the scene still feels more natural than you might expect. Later, there are a couple of funny little digs at gossipy housewives (who all attended the Margaret Hamilton finishing school, it seems) and the phone booth bit IS kind of amusing (but is there no other phone booth in this dang town?) but, alas, it's all capped off by another lecture, which seems to be the only thing MGM honed down to a fine science in these shorts.

Better than the usual MGM short, because there's some attempt at gags and some characterization. Not a terrible way to end the series.

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Trivia
The last "Our Gang" short to be produced.

Errores
In the film's very last scene - while Smallpox, who was just renamed Spotty, is "talking" - the can of dog food on the bottom right is stacked *upside down,* while all the other cans are stacked right-side-up.

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Dr. Parkson: [examining Buckwheat after it was reported he had smallpox] What are you shaking for?
Buckwheat Thomas: I's cold.
Dr. Parkson: [he pulls away the bed covering, revealing that Buckwheat is covered in small blocks of ice] Cold? Jumping catfish, what's all the ice for?
Buckwheat's mother: Why Doctor, you done tol' me to isolate 'im.