The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.
Jeff York
- Li'l Abner
- (as Granville Owen)
Charles A. Post
- Earthquake McGoon
- (as Chas. A. Post)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed at Lancaster's Lake, a man-made lake that had been a swampy area in Sunland, CA. It was made into a small lake by Edgar "Grandpa" Lancaster and opened in 1925. It was filled in decades later and as of 2020, Sherman Grove Mobile Home Park occupies that area.
- Quotes
[title sequence]
Singers: Li'l Abner, yoo-hoo! / Li'l Abner, oo-hoo! / Every gal in town is after / Li'l Abner, poor Abner! / He's a superman at swimmin'. / He'll give any man a trimmin'. / But when it comes to kissin' / Purty wimmin, / Li'l Abner goes gulp! gulp! / When Daisy Mae pursues him, / He always runs away. / Daisy hollers, Whoa! / But you oughta see him go / On Sadie Hawkin's Day.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Notebook (2004)
Featured review
LI’L ABNER (Albert S. Rogell, 1940) **
I came across the budget DVD of this one some time back though I never got around to renting it, not so much because of, say, Leonard Maltin’s lowly opinion but rather the unavailability of the later and better-known musical version from 1959. Consequently, I’d previously been interested in it more as a Buster Keaton film (in fact, many a Silent comedian make an appearance here) than as an adaptation of the Al Capp comic strip – but, having now found the latter as well, I decided to make it a double-bill! In retrospect, Keaton’s role is minor (playing the Indian Lonesome Polecat who has a long-haired and eyeless giant for a sidekick) despite the ballyhoo regarding his presence on the DVD front cover.
Still, despite its intrinsic cornball nature, the film proved less oppressive than I had anticipated: being a low-budget production and a brief 73 minutes in length, the plot (as seen in the musical version) has been considerably streamlined – focusing solely on the Sadie Hawkins’ Day race (where the unwedded females of Dogpatch pursue the community’s eligible bachelors) and the character of the villainous Earthquake McGoon. Even so, the piece’s essence is already there – including the unexpected earthiness of the girls; it goes without saying, however, that the later film is the more satisfactory rendition of LI’L ABNER.
Still, despite its intrinsic cornball nature, the film proved less oppressive than I had anticipated: being a low-budget production and a brief 73 minutes in length, the plot (as seen in the musical version) has been considerably streamlined – focusing solely on the Sadie Hawkins’ Day race (where the unwedded females of Dogpatch pursue the community’s eligible bachelors) and the character of the villainous Earthquake McGoon. Even so, the piece’s essence is already there – including the unexpected earthiness of the girls; it goes without saying, however, that the later film is the more satisfactory rendition of LI’L ABNER.
- Bunuel1976
- Oct 3, 2008
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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