Night Cry

In the Nevada wilds, sheepherder John Martin and his loyal dog Rin-Tin-Tin keep watch over their flock. But when other ranchers find their own sheep mysteriously slaughtered, they falsely come to believe that "Rinty" is the one responsible. A bloodthirsty mob is soon pounding on Martin's door calling for Rin-Tin-Tin's head. During the melee the real culprit makes an appearance - a giant condor that swoops in and steals Martin's baby girl before their very eyes. Exonerated, Rinty races after the ferocious vulture to save his master's daughter. It's a brutal battle between dog and bird in the Nevada mountains with the life of an innocent child at stake!

Believe it or not, Rin-Tin-Tin pictures like The Night Cry were Warner Brothers' biggest money makers during the silent era.The celebrated canine movie star was discovered on the French front during World War I by U.S. Corporal Lee Duncan. Inspecting a bombed-out encampment, Duncan found a baby German Shepherd amongst a gruesome scene of dead dogs. He took the puppy back with him to America, naming it "Rin-Tin-Tin" after a popular doll in France. Duncan suffered from post-traumatic stress, but found comfort in training "Rinty", as he called him, to do tricks. Soon the adult Rin-Tin-Tin was appearing in dog shows, one of which was filmed. Seeing Rinty being filmed sparked Duncan's imagination, and he started bringing the German Shepherd around to the movie studios looking for work. Except for a couple of bit parts, this was mostly unsuccessful, so Duncan wrote a script tailored to his four-legged friend's strengths. Entitled Where The North Begins, it caught the eye of Warner Brothers, then a struggling movie studio. The resulting picture earned 6,000 domestically and ,000 overseas, saving Warners from bankruptcy. By 1926, Rin-Tin-Tin was considered one of the most popular movie stars in the world, making an unheard-of ,000 a week. His co-star in The Night Cry (as well as several other pictures) was the lovely June Marlowe, best remembered for playing the kids' teacher 'Miss Crabtree' in Hal Roach's early 30s Our Gang shorts (for which she wore a blonde wig.) (1926)

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