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A Dog of Flanders (1935)

A Dog of Flanders poster
Directed by
Edward Sloman
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor boy in Belgium longs to become an artist. He is helped by his devoted dog and a kind old man.

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What happens

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. The film stars Frankie Thomas, appearing in only his second film (the first being Wednesday's Child). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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