The Great Rupert (1950) on Netflix
Approved19501h 27mComedyFamily
Joe Mahoney leaves town without his dancing squirrel, Rupert, who returns to the rafters of the Dingle house. The Amendolas, an acrobat family, move into the flat below.
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Plot summary
Vaudeville has fallen on hard times, and Joe Mahoney must leave town without Rupert, the dancing squirrel who shares his act. Set loose among the park squirrels, Rupert instead makes his way back to the house where Mahoney had rooms, the home of the Dingles. Frank Dingle, the miserly father, has just learned that a gold mine he invested in years before will begin paying him fifteen hundred dollars a week, and he hides the bills inside a hollow baseboard. Into the flat below moves the Amendola family, acrobats who are cheerful and poor. Rosalinda Amendola loves Pete Dingle, the Dingles' son, who writes music.
Cast
- Rupertas Rupert the Squirrel
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- Walter Baconas Pedestrian(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Great Rupert (1950)
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- George Pal created the dancing squirrel with stop-motion animation so convincing that he fielded many inquiries from people asking where he had found a trained squirrel.
- The film entered the public domain in 1978 after its 28-year copyright lapsed unrenewed, and it has since been issued many times on VHS and DVD, often in poor quality.
- In 2003, 20th Century Fox and Legend Films angered many fans of classic films by putting out a colorized version of the film retitled A Christmas Wish.
