Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Rusty's Birthday (1949)

Columbia Pictures
Directed by Seymour Friedman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(VHS, Sony)

Good writing saves this Rusty entry from the dog pound. The Mitchell's help a poor, homeless family. Rusty is central to the melodrama. Animal lovers, like me, are going to get sentimental over ideas like "animals know when people need them" and how Danny handles the fact that Rusty may be needed more by someone else. Surprisingly complex themes in what is essentially a throwaway programmer.

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