So Quiet on the Canine Front (1931)

Directed by

Jules White

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

16 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a parody of the serious anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front but with dogs. The dogs appear to talk through overdubbed dialogue as they act out comedy scenes.

sillyabsurdplayfullightheartedcampycomedicfast-pacedgimmicky

What happens

So Quiet on the Canine Front is a 1931 American comedy short film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, structured as a parody of Universal Pictures' All Quiet on the Western Front, a highly praised anti-war tragedy of a young student in the German army during World War I, which won, at the 3rd Academy Awards on November 5, 1930, the top prize — Award for Outstanding Production. The cast consists of performing dogs whose chewing or barking jaw movements are overdubbed with dialogue. The fifth of nine black-and-white two-reel Dogville Comedies directed for MGM between 1929 and 1931 by Zion Myers and Jules White, both of whom also wrote, produced and provided voices, the film has been intermittently broadcast on Turner Classic Movies and is available on DVD as part of the Dogville Shorts Collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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