PARDON MY PUPS (1934) Shirley Temple, Frank Coghlan Jr. & Kenneth Howell | Comedy | B&W

SYNOPSIS
Sonny wants a motorcycle for his birthday, and is disappointed when he learns that he is getting a dog instead.

Pardon My Pups is a 1934 Shirley Temple short film about a young boy named Sonny Rogers who wants a motorcycle for his birthday but his stubborn father insists on getting an expensive hunting dog instead even though Sonny hates dogs and the father blatantly just wants the dog for himself. Sonny runs away from home but ends up returning with a pregnant lost dog he found, but the father orders him to take her to the pound to be put down. Sonny hides the dog instead. The father later realizes that the dog was actually Queeny, the mother of the unborn pup he was planning to buy. When Harry, Queeny's owner, finds Queeny where Sonny was hiding her, Harry attempts to beat her for running away but Sonny stops him and the two fight. In the end Sonny wins the fight and forces Harry to let him keep Queeny.

CAST & CREW
Frank Coghlan Jr. as Sonny Rogers
Shirley Temple as Mary Lou Rogers
Kenneth Howell as Harry Vanderpool
Dorothy Ward as Phyllis
Harry Myers as Mr. Rogers
Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. Rogers

Directed by Charles Lamont
Produced by E.H. Allen
Story by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements
Adaptation by Ewart Adamson
Cinematography by Dwight Warren
Casting by Winifred Winslow
Sound by W.C Smith
Script by Ewart Adamson
Production Company Educational Films Corporation of America
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, Gaumont British Distributors, Astor Pictures Corporation
Runtime 19 mins
Release date January 26, 1934
Country USA, France

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