Trader Hound (1931)
1931 · Short film · 15 min · dir. Jules White
- Comedy
Synopsis
Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure. With their native guides, they are searching for a lost princess, Nina T-Bone. After sleepless mosquito-filled nights, clothes lost to a mischievous monkey, and a battle royal between a lion and a gorilla, they make their way to Izorgi Village, where the fierce Afri-Curs live and where Nina T-Bone may be a prisoner. Trader Hound and his party are taken captive, and the Afri-Curs prepare a pot to boil them. Can they make their escape?
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Jules White
- Writer
- Zion Myers
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 1931-04-08
- Series
- Dogville Shorts Collection
- Running time
- 15 minutes
- Language
- English
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- short subjects
- comedies
- spoofs
- Trader Horn
- gorilla suits
- Billy Bletcher (voice uncredited)
- Pete Smith (voice uncredited)
Cast & crew
Jules White Director
Billy Bletcher
Pete Smith
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Trader Horn short · Chris31416 · 2022-08-31
This appeared in theatres as a short amusing subject (in lieu of a cartoon) accompanying the first theatrical release of "Trader Horn" which was nominated for Best Picture that year. It is a surprisingly close retelling of the feature film's story, with all of the cast played by dogs. If it went on much longer it would get tedious, but as it is, it's pretty entertaining!
