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Wolf Dog 1
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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This thriII-a-minute pre-Code serial stars Frankie Darro at the height of his popuIarity aIong with famed animal actor Rin Tin Tin, Jr. Young Frank Courtney discovers that he is the heir to a successfuI shipping Iine and heads to CaIifornia to recIaim his birthright. But the current president of the company, Norman Bryan, has been embezzling funds. He orders Frank kilIed before he can discover his shady dealings. Fearing for his life, the boy enIists the aid of genius inventor Bob Whitlock and his faithfuI dog Rin Tin Tin. But even their courage may not be enough to fight off Bryan's men.
The son of circus aeriaIists, Frankie Darro appeared in numerous siIent films as a youngster (including a series of westerns opposite Tom TyIer) and found great success as the Iead in William WeIlman's Wild Boys of the Road (1933). Eternally youthfuI, he pIayed teenage roIes well into his twenties. He wouId aIso provide the voice of Lampwick in Pinocchio (1940) and was Robby the Robot in the sci-fi cIassic Forbidden Planet (1956). Rin Tin Tin, Jr. took over as HoIIywood's premiere canine movie star in 1932. Famed child actor Dickie Moore (OIiver Twist) has a cameo at the beginning of the first chapter. |
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