The Lucky Dog

Silent

A hapless hero who is evicted for not paying his rent is befriended by a stray dog. The man encounters a thief in the process of robbing someone.

The thief, who has accidentally placed his victim’s money into the young man's back pocket, turns from his first victim to rob the young man. The thief then steals the money that he had already stolen from the bemused young man who had thought that he was broke.

The young man and the dog escape and the dog befriends a poodle. The poodle’s lady owner persuades the young man to enter his dog into the local dog show.

When his entry is refused for not being a thoroughbred, the young man sneaks into the show but is quickly ejected, followed by all of the dogs in the show.

The young man spots the poodle’s owner outside looking for her dog and offers his dog in its place. She accepts and offers to take him to her home. This scene is witnessed by her jealous boyfriend, who meets the thief. The men plot their revenge on the young man.

At the lady's house, the young man is introduced to the boyfriend and the thief, in disguise as a Swiss count. The boyfriend proposes marriage and is rejected, while the thief attempts to shoot the young man, but the gun misfires.

The boyfriend chases the lady around the house while the thief tries to attack the young man with a stick of dynamite.

The dog picks up the dynamite as if it were a stick, chasing the thief and the boyfriend into the garden. When beckoned, the dog drops the dynamite and returns to Laurel and the girl, leaving the two men to be victims of the exploding dynamite. (Wikipedia)

Movie Info

Directed by: Jess Robbins
Produced by: Broncho Billy Anderson
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Florence Gilbert, Jack Lloyd

Cinematography: Irving G. Ries
Production company: Sun-Lite Pictures
Distributed by: Metro Pictures (as Reelcraft Pictures)

Release date: December 1, 1921 (U.S.)
Running time: 24 minutes, 17 minutes (cut edition)
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English (original intertitles)

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