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INSPIRATIONAL Despondent over his in- ability to find employment, after his grandfather’s sud- den death, the impoverished, orphaned Dutch boy (David Ladd), turns his dog over to a neighbor and makes his sor- rowful way back to Antwerp’s famed Cathedral Of Our Lady where he is finally permitted to view the Rubens painting, “The Deposition” by a kindly priest. While kneeling in rev- erence to his idol’s great work, the boy is suddenly overcome when the freed dog nuzzles up to him and his playmate (Siohban Taylor) tells him he has a home to go to. The artist (Theodore Bikel) and his ex-model, now his wife, gladden the lad’s heart by insisting he live with them and be the painter’s apprentice. Thus, the lad’s dream comes true: an oppor- tunity to become an artist and keep Patrasche, his de- voted dog. THE BOY (DAVID LADD) FINDS SOLACE VIEWING RUBEN’S PAINTING “THE DEPOSITION”, IN AN ANTWERP CATHEDRAL. DOG OF FLANDERS A MOTION PICTURE THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER As the display advertisements state, “A Dog Of Flanders” is a motion picture with the heart of the world in it. A heart-warming drama of courage and devotion, this 97-minute picture is based on a novel that has been favorite reading for the younger generation for almost 100 years! Not only the trade paper critics, but hundreds of exhibitors, who have seen “A Dog Of Flanders”, an Easter special in the domestic market, have characterized it “a motion picture that will earn long runs because it captures and holds the heart of every one”, as RKO Theatres’ President, Sol Schwartz put it. Variety, for example, put it this way: “If this film doesn’t warm the cockles of the heart, the heart needs a new set of cockles. It is as charming as a Victorian valentine”. Motion Picture Herald states: “There has been little fanfare connected with this dramatic block- buster; but, by the time it hits the screens during the Easter season, the whispers will be loud and strong to herald one of the biggest surprise ‘sleepers’ ”. Co-starring David Ladd as an impoverished Dutch boy (the entire production was filmed in Holland and Belgium), Donald Crisp as his grand- (Continued on page 31 29