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Man's Best Friend (1935 Film)
''Man's Best Friend'' is a 1935 feature film about the adventures of a boy and his dog Lightning. The film stars Douglas Haig, an American child actor of the 1920s and 1930s; Lightning, a grandson of Strongheart; Frank Brownlee; and Mary McLaren. ''Man's Best Friend'' was the high point of Douglas Haig's career as a film actor. In 1986, ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Mag ...'' described the film as a "simple, unpretentious story of a little mountain boy and his pet police dog". ''Man's Best Friend'' has been released on DVD, together with ''The Secret Code''. Plot A boy (Haig) and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father. References External links * * 1935 films 1935 adventure films American black-and-white films Films about dogs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Kull
Edward A. Kull (December 10, 1885 – December 22, 1946) was an American cinematographer and film director. He worked on more than 100 films between 1916 and 1946. He also directed 43 films between 1919 and 1938. He was born in Illinois and died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''The Mainspring'' (1916) * '' The Social Buccaneer'' (1916) * '' The Measure of a Man'' (1916) * '' Her Soul's Inspiration'' (1917) * '' Polly Redhead'' (1917) * '' A Jewel in Pawn'' (1917) * '' The Lair of the Wolf'' (1917) * ''The Desire of the Moth'' (1917) * '' The Charmer'' (1917) * '' Come Through'' (1917) * '' The Little Orphan'' (1917) * '' The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin'' (1918) * '' Hungry Eyes'' (1918) * '' Midnight Madness'' (1918) * '' The Face in the Watch'' (1919) – directed * '' The Pointing Finger'' (1919) * ''The Sleeping Lion'' (1919) * '' The Vanishing Dagger'' (1920) – directed * '' The Diamond Queen'' (1921) – directed * '' Terror Trail'' (1921) – direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Haig (actor)
Douglas Patrick Haig (March 9, 1920 – February 1, 2011) was an American child actor appearing in films in the 1920s and 1930s. His career began at age two in silent films and (unlike many silent film actors) continued into sound films ("talkies"). From 1928 onward he appeared in at least 14 films. As a small child he was placid and pleasant-looking. In a scholarly review of ''Attorney for the Defense'', a 1932 sound film, his performance is described as ''very annoying''. The high point of Haig's career as a film actor came in 1935, with a starring role in ''Man's Best Friend'' (1935). Before this he had appeared in both feature films and shorts such as ''The Family Group'' (1928), ''Sins of the Fathers'' (1928 lost silent film, of which only excerpts survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archives), ''Betrayal'' (1929, a silent film with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects), and ''Welcome Danger'' (1929). In ''Man's Best Friend'' (1935), he starre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning (dog Actor)
Lightning was a German shepherd from a line of canine silent film stars. A grandson of Strongheart, Lightning was billed as "The Wonder Dog" and "The Marvel Dog". He began life as a runt but grew to be larger than average for the breed, and he was very intelligent. Lightning appeared in numerous movies. Select filmography Gallery File:When-Lightning-Strikes-1934-Poster.jpg, Poster for ''When Lightning Strikes'' (1934) File:Man's-Best-Friend-1935-Poster.jpg, Poster for ''Man's Best Friend'' (1935) File:Wings-in-the-Dark.jpg, Cary Grant and Lightning in ''Wings in the Dark'' (1935) File:Renfrew-1937-Lobby-Card.jpg, Lobby card for ''Renfrew of the Royal Mounted ''Renfrew of the Royal Mounted'' was a popular series of boy's adventure books written by Laurie York Erskine that were later filmed and became a series on both radio and television. Canon 'Inspector Douglas Renfrew' was a former Royal Flying Co ...'' (1937) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lightning (Dog) German shepherd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brownlee
Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Sold for Marriage'' (1916) * ''The Half-Breed (1916 film), The Half-Breed'' (1916) * ''The Mysterious Mrs. M'' (1917) * ''The Double Standard'' (1917) * ''The Little Pirate'' (1917) * ''The Mysterious Mr. Tiller'' (1917) * ''Mentioned in Confidence'' (1917) * ''Wild Sumac'' (1917) * ''Her Moment'' (1918) * ''The Vanity Pool'' (1918) * ''Danger, Go Slow'' (1918) * ''The Lincoln Highwayman'' (1919) * ''Brass Buttons'' (1919) * ''The Return of Mary'' (1919) * ''Desert Gold (1919 American film), Desert Gold'' (1919) * ''The Girl from Nowhere (1919 film), The Girl from Nowhere'' (1919) * ''Hearts Are Trumps (1920 American film), Hearts Are Trumps'' (1920) * ''Shore Acres (1920 film), Shore Acres'' (1920) * ''The Valley of Tomorrow'' (1920) * ''His O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary McLaren
Mary MacLaren (born Mary Ida MacDonald, also credited Mary McLaren; January 19, 1900 – November 9, 1985) was an American film actress in both the Silent film, silent and Sound film, sound eras."Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910 Population", digital copy of original handwritten enumeration page, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1910, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. She was the younger sister of actresses Miriam and Katherine MacDonald and appeared in more than 170 films between 1916 and 1949. Early life and stage work Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mary was the youngest of three daughters of Lillian Edith (née Agnew) and William Albert MacDonald."Twelfth Census of the United States: 1900", population schedule, digital copy of original handwritten enumeration page, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. FamilySearch (FS) database. Her two sisters, Miriam and Katherine MacDonald, also became actors, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager. Famous earlier examples include Elizabeth Taylor, who started as a child star in the early 1940s in productions like '' National Velvet'' before becoming a popular film star as an adult in movies. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Some child actors do go on to have successful acting careers as adults; notable actors who first gained fame as children include Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jodie Foster, Christian Bale, Elijah W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strongheart
Etzel von Oeringen (October 1, 1917 – June 24, 1929), better known as Strongheart, was a male German Shepherd who was one of the early canine stars of feature films. Biography Born October 1, 1917, Etzel von Oeringen was a male German Shepherd dog bred by a private breeder, Robert Niedhardt of Quedlinburg, Germany. Etzel was trained in Berlin as a police dog and served in the German Red Cross during World War I. His owner was left in poverty after the war, and was unable to even support the dog. Concerned that Etzel would end up in less humane hands, he declined larger offers and instead sent the dog to a friend who operated a reputable kennel in White Plains, New York. At age three, Etzel was brought to the United States to be sold. At the sixth annual show of the Shepherd Dog Club of America, October 15–16, 1920, Etzel placed third in his class. He was described as "immense in body and hind leg formation, in body and legs a trifle better than either of the dogs above him" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area listings magazine ''The TeleVision Guide'', which was first released on local newsstands on June 14 of that year. Silent film star Gloria Swanson, who then starred of the short-lived variety show, variety series ''The Gloria Swanson Hour'', appeared on the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Films
The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial '' The Phantom Empire''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Adventure Films
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Dogs
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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