A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog

Directed by Nell Shipman

United States, 1921 (fiction, 23 minutes, black and white)

Also known as "Saturday Off"

Film Description:
"A light-hearted adventure featuring the eponymous characters in a series of delightful episodes."
-- Toronto International Film Festival Group (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Nell Shipman, William H. Clune
Produced by:	Nell Shipman
Principal Cast:	Sonny Howard, Margaret Mann, Nell Shipman, Brownie the bear, Laddie the dog
Cinematography:	Joseph B. Walker
Film Editing:	Nell Shipman
Production Company:	Nell Shipman Productions

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Quote about A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog

"Not particularly remarkable, this charming little film is one of many that Shipman turned out, and it happened by luck to be preserved in excellent print condition. It belongs to a tradition of dog films that is as long as the cinema itself [...]. Shipman's films are notable, however, for her light touch with the intertitles that reveal the animals' thoughts and representations of speech."
-- Kay Armatage (source)

Bibliography for A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog

Brief Sections of Books

Armatage, Kay. The Girl from God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent Cinema. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. (pp. 265-67)