This MGM short, which stars an all-dog cast, is about Trixie and Fido and their evil boss. They all work at the Dogville Department Store, but the boss has his eye on Trixie and so frames Fido for murder.

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You should probably watch The Big Dog House if you have twenty minutes to kill and a high tolerance for absolute weirdness. If you find the idea of dogs dressed as people "disturbing" or "unnatural," you are going to hate every single second of this. It is one of those MGM "Dogville" shorts from 1930 where they used ac...

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"You should probably watch The Big Dog House if you have twenty minutes to kill and a high tolerance for absolute weirdness. If you find the idea of dogs dressed as people "disturbing" or "unnatural," you are going to hate every single second of this. It is one of those MGM "Dogville" shorts from 1930 where they used actual dogs for every role. The dogs wear tiny hats and suits and they are dubbed with human voices that don't match their faces at all. It is deeply bizarre to see a bulldog in a tu..."

