The Yellow Dog
Directed byColin Campbell
Written by
Starring
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1918 (1918-09-01)
[1]
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Yellow Dog is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Arthur Hoyt, Antrim Short, and Clara Horton.[2]

Cast

Promotion

Promotion on the film began before production started. Movie theaters distributed material promoting the Anti-Yellow Dog Clubs, groups designed for schoolboys to call out Americans not acting with sufficient patriotism that had originally been inspired by the story that this film adapts.[3]

Reception

Mae Tinée in the Chicago Tribune said "There's such a big idea behind 'The Yellow Dog,' that it's rather a pity the picture is not a more complete and masterly thing than it is."[4]

References

  1. "Schwab Figures in Yellow Dog". Los Angeles Evening Express. September 3, 1918.
  2. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 66
  3. Between Free Speech and Propaganda: :Denaturing the Political in the Early American Movie Industry, dissertation By John D. Steinmetz, June 2016, p. 161
  4. "Has a Big Idea and Will Appeal to the Children". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 7, 1918. p. 14.

Bibliography

  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2


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