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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.
A Dog of Flanders: Directed by Edward Sloman. With Frankie Thomas, O.P. Heggie, Helen Parrish, DeWitt Jennings. Tentative adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
- (147)
- Drama, Family
- Edward Sloman
- 1935-03-22
Synopsis. In a small rural town in nineteenth century Belgium, young and poor Nello Daas, a self-taught artist, dreams of becoming a painter as great as his countryman, Peter Paul Rubens. Orphaned, Nello lives with his grandfather, Jehen Daas, and helps him with his meager milk delivery business.
In 19th-century Belgium, destitute young artist Nello Daas (Frankie Thomas) rescues a dog from an abusive peddler and trains him to haul the milk cart owned by his frail grandfather, Jehen (O.P...
- Drama
- Frankie Thomas
- Edward Sloman
Old-fashioned, sentimental tale of determination. Read Common Sense Media's A Dog of Flanders review, age rating, and parents guide.
- David Ladd, Donald Crisp, Theodore Bikel
- James B. Clark
- Paramount Pictures
Summary. Children selling milk from a dogcart, Belgium, ca. 1890. In 19th-century Belgium, a boy named Nello becomes an orphan at the age of two when his mother dies in the Ardennes. His impoverished grandfather, Jehan Daas, who lives in a small village near the city of Antwerp, takes him in.
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The threesome nurse the abandoned dog back to health; soon afterward, the dog rekindles the creative spark of a reclusive artist, whose painting of the noble hound wins a hefty cash prize. Richard Quine, the third juvenile lead of Dog of Flanders, grew up to become an important Hollywood writer/director of the 1950s.
