Little Orvie
“The Story of a Boy Who ALMOST Went to "The DOGS"”
1940•1h 8m•8.5•Released
ComedyDrama
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
Director
Ray McCarey
Writer
Lynn Root, Frank Fenton, Robert Chapin
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Johnny Sheffield
Orvie Stone
Ernest Truex
Frank Stone
Dorothy Tree
Clara Stone
Ann E. Todd
Patsy Balliser
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Welty
Daisy Lee Mothershed
Corbina
Fay Helm
Mrs. Balliser
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Green
Paul E. Burns
Angelo, Grocer
Dell Henderson
Mr. Brown
Fern Emmett
Mrs. Jackson
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Ray Turner
Jefferson
Sonny Bupp
Freddie Jackson (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Boy (uncredited)
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
William Sistrom
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