''Shep's Race with Death'' is a 1914 American short silent
drama film
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, directed by
Jack Harvey for the
Thanhouser Company
The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 1920, ...
. It stars
Shep the Dog,
Mrs. Whitcove, and
J.S. Murray.
The film about a "collie dog
howins a race with death, saves the life of his mistress, and causes a happy family reunion", was released on November 1, 1914.
Cast
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Shep the Dog as himself
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Mrs. Whitcove as Mrs. Mateland
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J.S. Murray as Mr. Stearns
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Marie Rainford as Mrs. Stearns
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Marion Fairbanks
Madeline (Madeleine) (November 15, 1900 – January 15, 1989) and her twin sister Marion Fairbanks (November 15, 1900 – September 20, 1973) were American stage and motion picture actresses active in the silent era. The two sisters were seemin ...
as a twin
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Madeline Fairbanks
Madeline (Madeleine) (November 15, 1900 – January 15, 1989) and her twin sister Marion Fairbanks (November 15, 1900 – September 20, 1973) were American stage and motion picture actresses active in the silent era. The two sisters were seemin ...
as a twin
Reception
Released in November 1914, a month after ''
A Dog's Love'', the picture was less well-received than Harvey's debut film. ''The Bioscope'' wrote on February 11, 1915: "A somewhat tepid and not very convincing story of a dog which saves a little girl's life and thereby brings her parents together again. Very prettily acted, but the plot is very artificial and conventional."
However, ''The Moving Picture World'' wrote on November 14, 1914: "The mother-in-law's appearance temporarily wrecks the home of the girl twins, the mother and father separating, each taking a child. The events which bring the family together again are very stirring and full of anxious suspense. The big dog, Shep, pulls the runaway horse off the railroad track, where it had stopped, thus saving the life of one twin. This is well-pictured and very entertaining."
References
External links
''Shep's Race with Death''at the
Internet Movie Database
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1914 films
American silent short films
Silent American drama films
1914 drama films
Films directed by Jack Harvey
Thanhouser Company films
1914 short films
American black-and-white films
1910s American films
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