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).[1][2]
| A Boy and His Dog | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | LeRoy Prinz |
| Screenplay by | Saul Elkins |
| Based on | original story by Samuel A. Derieux |
| Produced by | Gordon Hollingshead |
| Starring | Harry Davenport Billy Sheffield Dorothy Adams |
| Cinematography | Charles Boyle, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Marshall Eyanson |
| Music by | William Lava |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 21 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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".[3] However, a plot summary for the film, attributed to David Glagovsky,[4] closely parallels Derieux's short story "The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store", suggesting the film-makers drew on the published (and once celebrated)[5] story, but gave the film a title Derieux need not ever have considered.
It is entirely unrelated to Harlan Ellison's 1969 novella cycle as well as its 1975 film adaptation of the same name.
Cast
edit- 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
edit- ^ "New York Times: A Boy and His Dog". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
- ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Samuel Arthur Derieux ... was the author of: ... Comet (1921), A Boy and His Dog (? )..." "Frank of Freedom Hill (Dodo Press) -- Paperback", "Editorial Reviews", on Amazon.Com
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038379/plotsummary "Plot Summary for A Boy and His Dog (1946)" at IMDb [user-generated source]
- ^ "The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store" pp. 214-231, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
External links
edit- A Boy and His Dog at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› A Boy and His Dog at AllMovie
- A Boy and His Dog at the TCM Movie Database
