A Dog of Flanders (1959 film)
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| Directed by | James B. Clark |
| Screenplay by | Ted Sherdeman |
| Produced by | Robert B. Radnitz |
| Starring | David Ladd Donald Crisp Theodore Bikel |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller, B.S.C. |
| Edited by | Benjamin Laird |
| Music by | Paul Sawtelle Bert Shefter Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus of Rome |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $600,000[1] |
A Dog of Flanders is an American film, released in 1959 by 20th Century Fox. Based on the 1872 novel of the same name by Ouida. It was directed by James B. Clark, with stars David Ladd, Donald Crisp and Theodore Bikel. The film has a happy ending for the boy and his dog. "Patrasche" is played by Spike the Mastador, best known for playing the title character in Old Yeller.
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Acknowledgment in end credits
"A Dog of Flanders was filmed entirely on location in Holland and Belgium. We wish to thank all the people of those two countries whose kindness and cooperation made this possible.
We further wish to express our sincere gratitude to Father Weleerwaarde Heer Vanheirkom for permitting us to film the interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp."
See also
References
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
External links
- A Dog of Flanders at IMDb
- A Dog of Flanders at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- A Dog of Flanders at the TCM Movie Database
- A Dog of Flanders at AllMovie
- A Dog of Flanders at TV Guide (a revised and expanded version of 1987 write-up which was originally published in The Motion Picture Guide)
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