Little Orvie

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Little Orvie

"The Story of a Boy Who ALMOST Went to "The DOGS""

1940

1h 8m

7.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.

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16 members

Acting

Johnny Sheffield

Orvie Stone

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Ernest Truex

Frank Stone

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Dorothy Tree

Clara Stone

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Ann E. Todd

Patsy Balliser

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Emma Dunn

Mrs. Welty

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Daisy Lee Mothershed

Corbina

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Fay Helm

Mrs. Balliser

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Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Green

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Paul E. Burns

Angelo, Grocer

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Dell Henderson

Mr. Brown

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Fern Emmett

Mrs. Jackson

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Edgar Dearing

Policeman

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Ray Turner

Jefferson

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Sonny Bupp

Freddie Jackson (uncredited)

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Payne B. Johnson

Boy (uncredited)

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Ethan Laidlaw

Man at Dog Pound (uncredited)

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