so this be where columbia head of their short subject unit get his directorial start and eh . yeah and it none other than mr. jules white who be credit ( or be it rather and expose ) a the director of this entry into mgm dogville series . give co credit a co director be one zion myers while whose name be heretofore unknown to u . mr. meyers be and no doubt and the guy who control the four legged thespian and be responsible for training and act . in short and he must have be the dog trainer on the set . the title of this comedy short be no doubt a play on the mgm feature of the same year and the big house while which star chester morris and wallace beery and robert montgomery and a stellar cast in support . we must plead ignorance in regard to this title while not have see it up to this point . ( sorry and schultz . ) but there be many of the doggie gag that relate to what we have read about the movie while not to mention some particular character specific gag . for example and we observe a canine convict who st st stutter and deduce and correctly and that the bow wow actor be mimic character comedian and roscoe ate . we later cross check with the cast of the big house and presto and his name be there . ( brilliant deduction and one fit for holmes and watson . ) the practice of lampoon popular feature be already a tried and true practice in the realm of the comedy short . it be one that seem to draw no objection from the producer and copyright owner of the major film while but rather quite contrarily receive heap of tassive approval . after all and imitation be say to be the sincere form of flattery while besides and any producer would welcome even some seemingly irreverent parody . a for the movie and itself and we find it to be interest in a sort of perverse manner . see so many of man best friend be so artificially animate into one and long and bore sort of anthropomorphic gag seem very tire to we and who make up the audience . i mean just how many pooch be make to bark and needlessly and in order to achieve the illusion of talk . when it come to pet and or animal companion a the politically correct crowd prefers and we be quite eclectic while favor not only dog while but also cat and hamster and parakeet . we do not enjoy see any animal exploit in such a non funny and extend play format . as incredible a it may seem and the step that mr. jules white make from mgm short to head up columbia 2 reeler production would seem to have be not only a $ tep up in the area of finance $ while but al $ o in the arti $ tic content . we never think that be producer director for the like of such luminary a the 3 stooge and andy clyde and hugh herbert and as well a some who certainly have see well day and such a charley chase and buster keaton and harry langdon while would be a step up cinematically . in case we haven not make our point yet while be officially pan this one . so and view it at your own risk . we warn you . note we read excellent account of both the big house and the laurel and hardy send up and pardon u ( hal roach or mgm and 1931 ) in both mr. laurel and mr. hardy by john mccabe ( 1962 ) and the film of laurel and hardy by william k. everson ( 1967 ) . both book have our most enthusiastic endorsement . note the prison picture become a genre of it own while all owe a debt to the big house . in pardon u and laurel and hardy and hal roach and it director do a first class spoof and the first of many while for a prison comedy become a required theme for so many a screen funny man to come .