Go West
About Go West
A young monkey comes home late after a wet night. His father has had enough and throws him out. He heads west to make his fortune. The cast is animals, playing people.
Cast & crew
More about Go West
Len Powers directed this Dippy-Doo-Dads short for Hal Roach. A listed release is 25 November 1923, at 12 minutes. It is not Buster Keaton's Go West (1925).
Themes
Background
A 1923 Hal Roach animal comedy in the Dippy-Doo-Dads series, dressed as a western.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The series used monkeys, dogs, and other animals in human roles.
- IMDb's synopsis has the parents throw him out and send him west.
- The catalog line specifies a wet night and the father as the one who puts him out.
Scenes
- The father puts the late son out of the house.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Go West (1923).webm)