"The Story of a Boy Who ALMOST Went to "The DOGS"" 11 March 1940 Drama, Comedy 68 mins
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
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Johnny Sheffield as Orvie Stone
Ernest Truex as Frank Stone
Dorothy Tree as Clara Stone
Ann E. Todd as Patsy Balliser
Emma Dunn as Mrs. Welty
Daisy Lee Mothershed as Corbina
Fay Helm as Mrs. Balliser
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Green
Paul E. Burns as Angelo, Grocer
Dell Henderson as Mr. Brown
Fern Emmett as Mrs. Jackson
Edgar Dearing as Policeman
Ray Turner as Jefferson
Sonny Bupp as Freddie Jackson (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson as Boy (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw as Man at Dog Pound (uncredited)
Robert Chapin Writer
Lynn Root Writer
Frank Fenton Writer
Booth Tarkington Novel
Lee S. Marcus Executive Producer
Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Stanley Cooley Sound Recordist
Albert S. D'Agostino Assistant Art Director
Paul Sawtell Music
Theron Warth Editor
Renié Wardrobe Designer
William Sistrom Producer
Ray McCarey Director
J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography
United States 11 March 1940
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