For the Love of Rusty
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For the Love of Rusty is a 1947 drama film directed by John Sturges
. It was the third of the "Rusty" film series
involving the adventures of German shepherd Rusty and his human companions - young Danny Mitchell (Ted Donaldson
) and his pals. This film details Danny's friendship with an eccentric "Doctor" (Aubrey Mather
), and Danny's attempts to form a closer relationship with his father (Tom Powers
). In this installment, Rusty was played for the first time by Flame, who would portray Rusty in four of the eight Rusty films.
John Sturges
John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock , Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , The Magnificent Seven , The Great Escape and Ice Station Zebra .-Career:He started his career in Hollywood as an editor in 1932...
. It was the third of the "Rusty" film series
Rusty (film series)
The Rusty films were a series of eight children's movies made in America in the 1940s by Columbia Pictures. The films presented stories about a group of young children and their dog named Rusty. Though the films were B-movies primarily shown as the second half of a double-bill, the films usually...
involving the adventures of German shepherd Rusty and his human companions - young Danny Mitchell (Ted Donaldson
Ted Donaldson
Ted Donaldson is an American former child actor.-Career:He appeared in twenty films, starting with a starring role as Arthur "Pinky" Thompson in Once Upon a Time , opposite Cary Grant and Janet Blair, and as Barry in Mr. Winkle Goes to War with Edward G...
) and his pals. This film details Danny's friendship with an eccentric "Doctor" (Aubrey Mather
Aubrey Mather
Aubrey Mather was an English character actor.Mather began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in Brewster's Millions in 1909 and on Broadway ten years later in Luck of the Navy. He eventually branched out to films, starting with Young Woodley in 1930...
), and Danny's attempts to form a closer relationship with his father (Tom Powers
Tom Powers
Tom Powers was an American stage and film actor. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA and died in Hollywood, California, of heart disease.- Career :...
). In this installment, Rusty was played for the first time by Flame, who would portray Rusty in four of the eight Rusty films.
Cast
- Ted DonaldsonTed DonaldsonTed Donaldson is an American former child actor.-Career:He appeared in twenty films, starting with a starring role as Arthur "Pinky" Thompson in Once Upon a Time , opposite Cary Grant and Janet Blair, and as Barry in Mr. Winkle Goes to War with Edward G...
as Danny Mitchell - Tom PowersTom PowersTom Powers was an American stage and film actor. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA and died in Hollywood, California, of heart disease.- Career :...
as Hugh Mitchell - Ann DoranAnn DoranAnn Lee Doran was an American character actress.-Early life and career:Born in Amarillo, Texas, Doran began acting at the age of four. She appeared in hundreds of silent films under assumed names to keep her father's family from finding out about her work...
as Ethel Mitchell - Aubrey MatherAubrey MatherAubrey Mather was an English character actor.Mather began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in Brewster's Millions in 1909 and on Broadway ten years later in Luck of the Navy. He eventually branched out to films, starting with Young Woodley in 1930...
as Dr. Francis Xavier Fay - Sid Tomack as Moe Hatch
- George MeaderGeorge MeaderGeorge Meader was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Meader was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and attended the public schools of various cities in Michigan. He was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1923 to 1925 and graduated from the University of Michigan, A.B. in 1927 and...
as J. Cecil Rinehardt - Mickey McGuire as Gerald Hebble
- FlameFlameA flame is the visible , gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic reaction taking place in a thin zone...
as Rusty, Danny's Dog - Ralph DunnRalph DunnRalph Dunn was an American film, television, and stage actor.Career=Dunn was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Dunn's father was a veterinarian for the U.S. Army during WWI, and his mother was an actress...
as Policeman (uncredited) - Dick Elliott as Bill Worden (uncredited)
- Eddie Fetherston as The side-show barker (uncredited)
- Harry Hayden as Mr. Hebble (uncredited)
- Dwayne HickmanDwayne HickmanDwayne Bernard Hickman is a former American actor and television executive at CBS.He is known primarily for his "teenage" actor roles on television sitcoms. The naturally brown-headed Hickman is best known for playing Chuck MacDonald, Bob Collins's crazy teenaged nephew, on the popular 1950s...
as Doc Levy Jr. (uncredited) - Olin HowlandOlin HowlandOlin Howland was an American film actor. From 1909 to 1927 he appeared on the Broadway stage while balancing a career in silent movies. In 1921, he appeared in the play Two Little Girls in Blue with Oscar Shaw and the Fairbanks Twins. He was in Janice Meredith with Marion Davies...
as Frank Foley (uncredited) - Teddy InfuhrTeddy InfuhrTeddy Infuhr was an American child actor.-Biography:Missouri-born child actor Teddy Infuhr, youngest of four, moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was three and was initially prodded into acting by his mother...
as Tommy Worden (uncredited) - Georgie Nokes as Squeaky (uncredited)
- Wally RoseWally RoseWally Rose was an American jazz and ragtime pianist.Rose was a mainstay of the jazz scene in San Francisco during the 1940s and 1950s. He was the pianist for Lu Watters's group, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, for its entire existence, from 1939 to 1950...
as Bit Role (uncredited) - Fred F. SearsFred F. SearsFrederick Francis Sears was an American film actor and director. Though a marginalized figure in 1950s cinema, he created 52 feature films in a number of genres for Columbia Pictures from 1949 to 1957, before his death at the age of 44....
as Doc Levy (uncredited) - Almira Sessions as Sarah Johnson (uncredited)