There are better Alice films out there than this one.

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Virginia Davis in Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924)

Joe Allen

Virginia Davis

Walt Disney

Alice conducts a secret meeting and devises a plan to free all dogs by eliminating the dog catchers.

Alice and the Dog Catcher

In the 1920s, Walt Disney&apos;s first big success was with his Alice films. The formula consisted of the cute little girl, Alice (Virginia Davis), interacting with a cartoon world...much like in &quot;You Ought to Be in Pictures&quot; (1940) &quot;Who Framed Roger Rabbit&quot; (1988). However, oddly, very little of &quot;Alice and the Dog Catcher&quot; is animated compared to the other films in the series....and the first portion looks more like a knockoff the the Our Gang comedies...which it clearly was.

When the story begins, Alice is hanging out with her Hal Roach inspired friends. Naturally, there is a black kid (like Farina or Sunshine Sammy or Buckwheat), a fat kid (like Joe Cobb or Chubby) and the like. A few of these scenes are a bit hard to believe today...such as the club being called &apos;KKK&apos; (it did NOT stand for the Klan, fortunately). During this portion, she leads the kids in an effort to torment and almost kill the dog catcher....who is just some guy trying to do his job. There is also an animated portion about dogs that begins about five minutes into the short film.

There were several problems with this film. First, there just wasn&apos;t enough of the cute animation....making it a lesser Alice movie. Second, it isn&apos;t all that funny and the kids are pretty evil. Not a bad film...just not a very good short and Disney and his staff clearly were capable of better.

In the 1920s, Walt Disney's first big success was with his Alice films. The formula consisted of the cute little girl, Alice (Virginia Davis), interacting with a cartoon world...much like in "You Ought to Be in Pictures" (1940) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). However, oddly, very little of "Alice and the Dog Catcher" is animated compared to the other films in the series....and the first portion looks more like a knockoff the the Our Gang comedies...which it clearly was.

When the story begins, Alice is hanging out with her Hal Roach inspired friends. Naturally, there is a black kid (like Farina or Sunshine Sammy or Buckwheat), a fat kid (like Joe Cobb or Chubby) and the like. A few of these scenes are a bit hard to believe today...such as the club being called 'KKK' (it did NOT stand for the Klan, fortunately). During this portion, she leads the kids in an effort to torment and almost kill the dog catcher....who is just some guy trying to do his job. There is also an animated portion about dogs that begins about five minutes into the short film.

There were several problems with this film. First, there just wasn't enough of the cute animation....making it a lesser Alice movie. Second, it isn't all that funny and the kids are pretty evil. Not a bad film...just not a very good short and Disney and his staff clearly were capable of better.

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