A Dog of the Regiment

1927 film

  • October 29, 1927 (1927-10-29)
CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)Budget$76,000[1]Box office$247,000[1]

A Dog of the Regiment is a 1927 American synchronized sound drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman.[2] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. This film is presumed lost.[3][4][5] According to Warner Bros records the film earned $188,000 domestic and $59,000 foreign.[1]

Plot

Based on a story by Albert S. Howson, the film traces the life of Rin-Tin-Tin "from the time he was a puppy to the time when he fell into the hands of an American, fighting in France."[6] The American is an flyer whose plane went down behind German lines.[6]

Cast

  • Dorothy Gulliver as Marie von Waldorf
  • Rin Tin Tin as Rinty
  • Tom Gallery as Richard Harrison
  • Hans Joby as Eric von Hager (as John Peters)

References

  1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Sandra Brennan (2014). "A Dog of the Regiment". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  3. ^ A Dog of the Regiment at SilentEra
  4. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..A Dog of the Regiment
  5. ^ A Dog of the Regiment at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:..lost Warner Bros. films - for 1927 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b "'A Dog of the Regiment' - with Rin-Tin-Tin". Harrison's Reports. November 5, 1927. p. 178. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

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