Famous Movie Dogs (1940)
*** (out of 4)
John Deering narrates this rather interesting short that shows how dogs are cast in movies. We start off with a director needing two dogs and then go into the auditions, training and eventual filming of a scene. Asta (The Thin Man), Corky, Rex the Dog, Peggy and Whiskers are among the dog's featured and they make for a nice short, which will probably appeal to people of all ages. I've seen quite a few shorts but I believe this was my first to deal with how dogs were cast in movies. The behind the scenes footage of the picking of the animals was the most interesting thing as were the scenes showing the animals being trained to fit certain scenes in movies.