Who let the dogs out?

Over the years there have been many Dogs who have shared
the spotlight both on the silver screen as well as
television. To name a few, Toto from the Wizard of oz,
Lassie, Old Yeller, Beethoven, Pete from The Little Rascals
which shared both medias. Tv dogs include Eddie from
Frasier, Zeus & Apollo from Magnum PI, Fang from Colombo
and the list goes on. One of my of all time favorites "The
adventures of Rin Tin Tin. This is a series of articles
that will delve into the Animals stars over the decades
Beginning with "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin".

A Children's program, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, first
aired on ABC television in 1954 and ran until 1959. It was
the story of a young boy, Rusty, played by Lee Aaker who
was orphaned when the wagon train his parent was traveling
in was attacked by Indians. Rusty survived the attack as
did his dog. When found by the soldiers from a nearby
Calvary post they took to raising the boy. During the
series Rusty and his dog Rin Tin Tin helped to establish
order in the Old West. What a show, every week a new
adventure filled with drama, intrigue, danger and always a
happy ending. Reruns of the show ran on CBS throughout the
70"s clear up into the mid-1980's.

It wasn't until years later that I was to learn that Rin
Tin Tin actually begun his career back in 1922 when he
first appeared in a silent film. Lets take a deeper look
into the origin of this Famous K-9. To do this we must go
back even further. During WWI an American serviceman Lee
Duncan on tour in Lorraine France stumbled onto a
bombed-out dog kennel where he found a shell-shocked pup.
Duncan kept the pup and named it after a puppet called
Rintintin. This was a name that the French children gave to
American soldiers for good luck. It was less then 2 months
and the war ended. Duncan returned to his home in Los
Angles and took his new pup with him. Duncan nicknamed the
dog Rinty and taught him many trick and Rinty learned to
leap great heights. While performing in a dog show, Charles
Jones saw him and became impressed, he was convinced that
Rin Tin Tin was destined to be a star. He paid Duncan to
film him. Playing a wolf in "The Man From Hell's Rive
(1922). Throughout his career he would be cast as a wolf or
wolf-hybrid many times even though he did not look like
one. His big break came in 1923 when he was cast with
silent screen start in Claire Adams in "Where the North
Begins". This film was a success, some say that it saved
Warner Brothers from filing bankruptcy but no matter Rin
Tin Tin's career was launched. Appearing in such greats as
"Shadows of the North (1923)", "Clash of the Wolves
(1925)", "A Dog of the Regiment (1927)", and "Tiger Rose
(1929)". Appearing mostly silen films he did however appear
in four talkies including "The Lost Warrior (1931) staring
Franki Darro.

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