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A Boy and His Dog (1946 film)
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Wikipedia article
'A Boy and His Dog' is a 1946 American Technicolor short drama film directed by LeRoy Prinz. It won an Oscar at the 19th Academy Awards in 1947 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Short-story author Samuel A. Derieux, who died twenty-four years earlier in 1922, received story credit for the film, suggesting to some the expectation that he wrote a work with the title "A Boy and His Dog"."Samuel Arthur Derieux ... was the author of: ... Comet (1921), A Boy and His Dog (? )..." [https://www.amazon.com/Frank-Freedom-Hill-Dodo-Press/dp/1409916189 "Frank of Freedom Hill (Dodo Press) -- Paperback"], "Editorial Reviews", on Amazon.Com However, a plot summary for the film, attributed to David Glagovsky,https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038379/plotsummary "Plot Summary for 'A Boy and His Dog' (1946)" at IMDb closely parallels Derieux's short story "The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store", suggesting the film-makers drew on the published (and once celebrated)[https://books.google.com/books?id=c66BpklnMOIC&pg=PA214&dq=%22O.+Henry%22+%22the+trial%22+Derieux&hl=en&ei=HJ0ETYblF4SClAfHs43-Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false "The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store"] pp. 214-231, 'O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919' story, but gave the film a title Derieux need not ever have considered.
Cast
* Harry Davenport as Squire Jim Kirby
* Billy Sheffield as Davy Allen
* Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Allen
* Russell Simpson as Mr. Thornycroft
* Eddie Waller as Sheriff
* 'and' Fleeta as Buck [a Bluetick Coonhound]
;Unbilled
*Truman Bradley (narrator)
*Heinie Conklin (townsman at meeting)
*Jack Mower (Tom Belcher, store owner)
References
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