Dogs of War! is a 1923 silent short subject, the fourteenth entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan, the two-reel short was released to theaters in July 1923 by Pathé Exchange. The short was filmed alongside Why Worry?, a feature comedy produced by Roach and starring Harold Lloyd, who makes a cameo appearance in Dogs of War as himself.
Plot
Near West Coast Studios in Hollywood, the gang is waging a street war against a rival group of kids; their ammunition primarily consisting of old vegetables. The battle is halted when Mary is called to act in one of the West Coast films. The rest of the gang tries to crash the studio gates and get a role in the picture, but the casting director throws them out. Farina manages to sneak into the studio, however, prompting the other kids to sneak in after her. Several chases throughout the property then ensue and the gang eventually escapes - with a little help from Harold Lloyd.
Cast
The Gang
Joe Cobb as Joe
Jackie Condon as Jackie
Mickey Daniels as Mickey
Jack Davis as Jack
Allen Hoskins as Farina
Mary Kornman as Mary
Ernest Morrison as Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" All child actors in this film are deceased.
Additional cast
Andy Samuel as Rival gang member
George "Freckles" Warde as Rival gang member
Gabe Saienz as Rival gang member
Elmo Billings as Rival gang member
Harold Lloyd as himself
Jobyna Ralston as herself
Roy Brooks as Studio receptionist
Sammy Brooks as Studio crew member
Bob Davis as Truck driver
Dick Gilbert as Studio guard
William Gillespie as Studio director
Clara Guiol as Studio actress
Wallace Howe as Actor around the lot
Walter Lundin as Harold Lloyd's cameraman
Joseph Morrison as Studio assistant director
Fred Newmeyer as Harold Lloyd's cameraman
Charles Stevenson as Studio actor
Leo White as Actor around the lot
Charley Young as Studio cameraman
Notes
When the television rights for the original silent Pathé Our Gang comedies were sold to National Telepix and other distributors, several episodes were retitled. Footage from the first half of this film was released into television syndication in 1960 under the title Battleground. Footage from the second half of this film was released to the series in the hybrid episode "Hollywood U.S.A.". Later, MGM Our Gang used a similar rotten vegetable war theme in the 1941 short Fightin Fools.