Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025 · 7h 57m
Adventure, Comedy, War, Western
Directed by
Leo McCarey
,
Francis Ford
Overview
This special two-disc collection, presented in cooperation with the Library of Congress, celebrates cinema’s lesser-known dog stars with their most memorable features, shorts, and newsreel appearances (1898-1928). Films dated as early as 1898 offer satisfying simple glimpses of dogs at play, anticipating the adorable animal videos that would become social media phenomena more than a century later.
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