A Dog of Flanders (1935 film)
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Jimmy Anderson (assistant)
1872 novel
by Ouida
| A Dog of Flanders | |
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| Directed by | Edward Sloman Jimmy Anderson (assistant) |
| Written by | Dorothy Yost (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | Ainsworth Morgan |
| Based on | A Dog of Flanders 1872 novel by Ouida |
| Produced by | William Sistrom |
| Starring | Frankie Thomas O.P. Heggie |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | George Crone |
| Music by | Alberto Colombo (uncredited) |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Dog of Flanders is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman, based on a screenplay by Ainsworth Morgan from the story by Dorothy Yost, which she adapted from the 1872 novel of the same name by Ouida. The film stars Frankie Thomas, appearing in only his second film (the first being Wednesday's Child).
Cast
- Frankie Thomas as Nello Daas
- Harry Beresford as Sacristan
- O. P. Heggie as Grandfather Jehan Daas
- DeWitt Jennings as Carl Cogez
- Lightning as "Leo", the dog
- Sarah Padden as Frau Keller
- Helen Parrish as Maria Cogez
- Richard Quine as Pieter Vanderkloot
- Frank Reicher as Herr Vanderkloot
- Addison Richards as Herr Herden
- Christian Rub as Hans
- Ann Shoemaker as Frau Ilse Cogez
- Nella Walker as Frau Vanderkloot
Production
In November 1934 RKO announced that they would begin production on A Dog of Flanders the following month.[2] It would be the third film adaptation, and the first sound production, of Ouida's 1872 novel, Dog of Flanders, which was, at the time, considered one of literature's "heroic love stories."[3] By the end of November, Ainsworth Morgan had been assigned to develop the screenplay.[4] At the beginning of December Frankie Thomas, a juvenile actor, had been cast in the film.[5] Just prior to the commencement of filming, in late December, O. P. Heggie joined the cast,[6] and shortly after it was announced that another child actor, Helen Parrish had been added to the acting personnel, while it was also revealed that Edward Sloman would handle the directing duties.[7] Herman Pan was selected to handle the direction of the dance sequences,[8] while William Sistrom was tapped to take care of the production duties.[9] Production on the film had finished by the end of January, and the film was being edited in February.[10] In the middle of February, RKO announced that A Dog of Flanders would open on March 22;[11] and there were no changes to that date, the film opening on March 22, 1935.[12]
