1940 to 1949

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Movie:
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Year: 1940
Character:
(hard to understand)

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Classic Alfred Hitchcock film
about a New York reporter
(Joel McCrea) assigned to cover a secret European treaty, only to discover a band of spies!

A Brindle Great Dane appears twice.

Thanks to Patricia Page for bringing this Dane to our attention!


Movie:
TURNABOUT
Year: 1940
Character: Dopey

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A black and white comedy
about a husband and wife
that switch bodies for a day.

The couple have a
Brindle Great Dane.
The husband loves & plays
with the Dane.
The wife thinks the dog
is too large.

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Thanks to Claire at Eddie Brandt's for bringing Dane to our attention!


Movie:
BLONDIE IN SOCIETY
Year: 1941
Character:
CH. Chin Up
White Tie
For Dinner

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Dagwood comes home with another dog
and Blondie is not happy.

'Chin Up', with his big appetite
soon becomes big trouble.
However, when the Great Dane wins at a dog show,
a debate begins over who is the rightful owner!

Click for HDF section on this movie This black and white movie
is from the long running
Blondie movie series
based on the comic strip
created by Chic Young.



Theatrical Short:
MONKEY BUSINESS
Year: 1941
Danes: unnamed

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This short is from the
"Speaking of Animals" series.

The series featured
live action footage
of animals with animated mouths so they talk.

In this entry
The St Louis Zoo chimps
go through their acts
(balancing, riding ponies, etc.)
.

For one scene, the chimps perform
in front of three dogs.
Two of them are Harlequin Great Danes.


Movie:
NIGHTMARE
Year: 1942
Characters:
?

?/?

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.


Movie:
GEORGE WASHINGTON
SLEPT HERE
Year: 1942
Dane: unnamed

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A married couple purchase a ramshackled
home in New England, allegedly historical
due to Washington having spent a night there.

A surly neighbor owns a Fawn Great Dane
that keeps the owners from using a private road to their home.

Thanks to Duane Morgan for bringing this Dane to our attention!



Movie:
BLONDIE & DAGWOOD:
IT'S A GREAT LIFE
Year: 1943
Character:

not given

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This black and white movie
is another in the Blondie series
starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.

This time Dagwood gets involved with a horse
that ends up with a foxhunt.
During the foxhunt, a number of dogs
join in the chase.
One is a Brindle Great Dane.

Thanks to Wendy Donati for bringing this Dane to our attention!



Movie: NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK
Year: 1943
Character:
not given

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This black and white WC Fields feature
has Fields trying to sell a movie script
about a man (Fields) who falls out
of a plane and lands on an estate
at the top of a mountain in the Andes.
There he meets a rich widow (Margaret Dumont) who has a strange pet
a Great Dane with fangs!


Movie: JANE EYRE
Year: 1944
Character: Pilot

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A poor girl (Joan Fontaine) becomes governess
in a mysterious household ruled by a ruthless master (Orson Welles).

A Harlequin Great Dane appears at the introduction of Welle's character and in a few other scenes.

A classic black and white film based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte.

Click for HDF section on this movie Thanks to Fran Scott for bringing this Dane to our attention!


Movie:
FACE OF MARBLE
Year: 1946
Character: Brutus

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Black and white Monogram horror feature about a pair of doctors trying to bring the dead back to life.

One of the doctors' (John Carradine) wife owns a fawn Dane who unwittingly becomes part of the experiment.

Click for HDF section on this movie Thanks to Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee for bringing this Dane to our attention!


Theatrical Short:
THE LONE STRANGER
Year: 1946
Character: Plastic

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This short is from the "Speaking of Animals" series.
The series featured live action footage of animals with animated mouths allowing the animals to talk.

In this entry,
monkeys perform a western satire.
The hero,
the Lone Stranger,
rides a fawn Great Dane.

Available on SPEAKING OF ANIMALS: Volume II


Movie:
VARIETY GIRL
Year: 1947
Character:
not given

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A black and white musical comedy
featuring a variety of stars
(Bob Hope, Spike Jones, etc.)
auditioning for a show.

A Fawn Great Dane, seen only from the back,
apparently is trying out for the show.

Thanks to Wendy Donati for bringing this Dane to our attention!


Movie:
A DATE WITH JUDY
Year: 1948
Character:
not given

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This musical shows teens getting ready for a dance.
At one of the girls' home a Fawn Great Dane is seen briefly.

Thanks to Wendy Donati for bringing this Dane to our attention!


Movie:
MR BLANDINGS
BUILDS HIS
DREAM HOUSE
Year: 1948
Dane: not given

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Cary Grant and Myrna Loy star
in this black and white comedy
(later colorized) about a city couple
who decide to buy and refurbish a country home.

In a daydream sequence, Grant imagines going hunting with a Fawn Great Dane seen briefly.

Thanks to Wendy Donati for bringing this Dane to our attention!


Movie:
SITTING PRETTY
Year: 1948
Character: Henry

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An out of control family with a Fawn Great Dane
hires a male nanny (Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere) that surprisingly brings order and harmony to the group.


Thanks to Wendy Donati for bringing this Dane to our attention!


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