Saturday, December 7, 2024

Boy Meets Dog (1938)

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Based on Gene Byrnes' comic strip "Reg'lar Fellers," little Bobby (voiced by Walter Tetley) brings a dog home, and upsets a father (voiced by Billy Bletcher) who would today be considered abusive. Bizarre, the stuff of nightmares.I think this is available in the public domain since it appears on a ton of animation marathon VHS and DVD compilations.

Stats:
(1938) 9 min. (* *) out of five stars
-Directed by Walter Lantz
-Story by Victor McLeod based on the comic strip "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes
-Cast: Billy Bletcher, Walter Tetley, The Rhythmettes, Joe Twerp, Danny Webb
(Not Rated)



Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (2020)

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