He eventually started to try to find a way for his beloved Rinty to work at the movie studios. He was named after popular dolls in France.ĭuncan managed to get them back to the U.S. He gave away all but the last two puppies – Nanette, and her brother, Rin Tin Tin. He found and rescued a German Shepherd mother and her puppies.ĭuncan couldn’t feed and care for the whole family. Lee Duncan found “Rinty” during WWI on the battlefield of France. She discovered an incredible story of one man’s love for his dog. Orlean spent 10 years investigating the story of the dog who became a huge movie star. Rin Tin Tin Became A Huge Movie Star in the Silent Era Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend is Susan Orlean’s examination of the career of the famous German Shepherd in films and TV. Spanning almost one hundred years of history, from the dog’s improbable discovery on a battlefield in 1918 by an American soldier to his tumultuous rise through Hollywood and beyond, this book is a love story and “a masterpiece” (Chicago Tribune) that is also a quintessentially American story of reinvention, and a captivating exploration of our spiritual bond with animals, and a stirring meditation on mortality and immortality. So begins Susan Orlean’s sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin’s journey from abandoned puppy to an international movie star who appeared in twenty-seven films throughout the 1920s. Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean
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