“He was special,” said author Susan Orlean, who fell in love with the dog Rin Tin Tin IV as a child watching the 1954-59 ABC TV series, “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.” The canine star was the subject of her acclaimed 2011 book, “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend.” Rinty not only could do the tricks, he could do them in one take. dog show in 1922 and made his film debut that year in “The Man from Hell’s River,” replacing a wolf that was having a difficult time doing his tricks. Rinty was discovered performing at a L.A. Unfortunately, Nanette got sick on the trip back to America and died. Duncan brought Rinty and his sister Nanette home with him. 15, 1918 by U.S Air Corporal Lee Duncan and his battalion in a bombed out kennel in Lorraine, France. Rinty was a starving puppy without a kibble or bit who was discovered with his mother and siblings on Sept. He was an immigrant who was the embodiment of the American dream. Even before Rinty made his film debut, audiences adored Strongheart the German shepherd who made his debut in 1921’s “The Silent Call,” had a dog food named after him and had two books written about him. There were many other dog performers during the silent era including Teddy the Great Dane, a collie named Jean and an English pit bull named Luke. Blair, the pet collie of British director Cecil Hepworth, headlined his 1905 thriller “Rescued by Rover.” The film was so popular it had to be shot twice because the negative wore out after so many prints were made.
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