The Yellow Dog (1918 film)

The Yellow Dog is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Arthur Hoyt, Antrim Short, and Clara Horton.Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 66

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.Between Free Speech and Propaganda: :Denaturing the Political in the Early American Movie Industry, dissertation By John D. Steinmetz, June 2016, p. 161

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." The Evening Express (Los Angeles) said that it had a "terrific climax" and that the "subtitles are gems of 'punch' and patriotism".

References

Bibliography Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

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