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Wonder Dogs!
Canine Stars of the
Silent Era
(1898-1928)
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Contents: Lost Dogs (1898), Dog Factory (1904), The Nobleman’s Dog [Le chien de Montargis] (1909), Jean and the Waif (1910), Jean the Match-Maker (1910), The Modern Prodigal (1910), A Tin-Type Romance (1910), Fidelity (1911), Jean Rescues (1911), A Little Hero (1913), Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915), A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog [Saturday Off] (1921), The Watch Dog (1923), The Screen Almanac: Strongheart (1924) [excerpt], His Master’s Voice (1925), Ilak’s Birthday (1925), Dog Shy (1926), The Sign of the Claw (1926), The Silent Trailer (1926), The Law’s Lash (1928), The Sky Rider (1928), with Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! [compilation] and Vaudeville Dogs [compilation].
Several of these films have been released on home video previously but rarely from such high-quality materials.
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 Kino Classics
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
Wonder Dogs!: Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928), black & white, 477 minutes total, not rated, including Lost Dogs (1898), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Dog Factory (1904), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Nobleman’s Dog [Le chien de Montargis] (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Jean and the Waif (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Jean the Match-Maker (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Modern Prodigal (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Tin-Type Romance (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Fidelity (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Jean Rescues (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Little Hero (1913), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Bear, a Boy, and a Dog [Saturday Off] (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Watch Dog (1923), The Screen Almanac: Strongheart (1924) [excerpt], black & white, ? minutes, not rated, His Master’s Voice (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Ilak’s Birthday (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Dog Shy (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Sign of the Claw (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Silent Trailer (1926), The Law’s Lash (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Sky Rider (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! [compilation], black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Vaudeville Dogs [compilation], black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K27007, UPC 7-38329-27007-0.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 20 May 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from archival film elements held by the Library of Congress.
The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Mohamed Araki, Esin Aydingoz, Adam Banks and Griffin Barbieri, Ali Tolga Demirtas, Anabel Gil Diaz, Allison Beth Fitzgerald, Caroline Gao, Nika Ko, Carolyn Koch, Mathilde Koechlin, Anthony Laurie, Connor McKay, Danielle Painter, Josh Phillips, Jaasmaan Singh, Shane Prendiville, Dana Reason, Chris Rorrer, Jeff Schwartz, Andrew Earle Simpson, María Fernanda García Solar and Lorena Ruiz Trejo, and Peter Valsamis.
Supplemental material includes audio commentaries by Anthony Slide; interviews with curators/archivists Lynanne Schweighofer and George Willeman; and an interview with composer Andrew Earle Simpson.
This is our recommended home video edition of these films.
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