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Frozen River (1929)

Frozen River poster
Directed by
F. Harmon Weight
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy and his dog, the famous Rin Tin Tin, get caught up in an adventure. The action unfolds in a wintry setting with some spoken dialogue and music.

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What happens

Frozen River is a lost 1929 American sound part-talkie film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring the canine star Rin Tin Tin and boy actor Davey Lee. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. Warner Bros. Pictures produced and distributed the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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