A Dog's Love (1914)
- Directed by
- Jack Harvey
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A dog grieves after his young owner dies in a car accident. The short film focuses on the dog's emotions as he copes with the loss.
poignantgentlemelancholicheartfeltquietreflectivesadtender
What happens
A Dog's Love is a 1914 American short silent fantasy drama film with subtitles, directed by Jack Harvey on his directorial debut. It stars Shep the Dog, Helen Badgley, and Arthur Bauer. The film is about a dog who loses his best friend, when a young girl is killed in an automobile accident, and focuses on his emotions in dealing with his loss. Well-received because of its "universally appealing" theme, the dog's emotions were reported as surpassing the child's histrionics. The film was shot on one reel by the Thanhouser Company, 1,007 feet (307 m) in total. It was shot in standard 35mm and a spherical 1.37:1 format. It was distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation upon release. Kitty Kelly of the Chicago Tribune called it a "miniature masterpiece." Copies of the film are in the Museum of Modern Art of New York City and the National Film, Television and Sound Archive of Ottawa film archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Silent Call (1921)
The Lover's Gift (1914)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.