Skipper Learns A Lesson (1952)
1952 · Short film · 9 min · dir. Paul Burnford
- Drama
- Short
Synopsis
Susan, a little white girl, moves into a racially mixed neighborhood. Soon some of the local kids come over and ask her to play with them. She does, but her dog, Skipper, will have nothing to do with such funny-looking children (he says, via the narrator). Soon, however, Skipper accidentally gets some paint spilled on him, and the neighborhood dogs attack him, as they don't want somebody who's "funny looking" in their neighborhood, either. Skipper realizes that his intolerant attitude toward…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Paul Burnford
- Released
- 1952-01-01
- Running time
- 9 minutes
Cast & crew
- Paul Burnford Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Title Contains Spoilers · ScotisRule · 2004-10-24
Skipper is the raggiest looking dogs in the history of the motion picture, but this doesn't stop from adopting a ridiculously judgemental attitude toward the other kids and dogs in the neighborhood. In the end, Skipper learns a valuable lesson about racism. At least until the next episode where Edith invites Sammy Davis Junior to eat dinner at Skipper's house and Skipper puts intense efforts towards not mentioning Sammy's glass eye.
★★★★ · Filming methods - gets only a "4" · oldfilmaddik · 2006-10-14
It's a pity they hadn't yet discovered the trick of a wad of peanut butter on the roofs of those dogs mouths which would have made the parts of the film, where the dogs were talking, more believable. It worked for Disney and Mr Ed.
★★ · Little Rascals meet Lassie · martini66 · 2005-03-05
Wow, remember when kids used to just "play" in the dirt, or in an empty lot? Now they are chauffered to dance classes or soccer practice. I liked it better the other way. It takes a film like this to make you realize just how much things have changed. Unless you're from mars, i don't think many kids today have cultural diversity problems. As for the dog, who cares?
TEETH! · ksfkay · 2008-04-10
Family guy kinda funny. There is an intro two the kids. The whites kids had normal names like Betty and Mike. The black kid with the big lips and gums is known as TEETH!
