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112-463: After escaping the dog pound, a German Shepherd links up with a budding actress and a wannabe film screenwriter and then becomes a Hollywood star. Starring Larger cameos These players may have a few scenes or are prominently featured in a short segment with lines. Brief cameo appearances These players have brief appearances but may have lines of dialogue. Brief cameo appearances These players are seen but have no lines of dialogue. The film

224-470: A Budd Boetticher revenge Western ... The difference, of course, is that Michael Winner has none of Boetticher's indigenous sense of allegory or his instinct for what constitutes a good folk-mythology, let alone his relish for three-dimensional villains." Garfield was also unhappy with the final product, calling the film "incendiary" and stated that the film's sequels are all pointless and rancid since they advocate vigilantism unlike his two novels, which make

336-476: A conscientious objector . Several vignettes from Mayes' script were deemed unnecessary and so were deleted. Winner asked for several revisions in the script. Both the novel and the original script had no scenes showing the vigilante interacting with his wife. Winner decided to include a prologue depicting a happy relationship and so the prologue of the film depicts the couple vacationing in Hawaii. The early draft of

448-683: A 30-minute program heard Sunday evenings. Sponsored by Shredded Wheat and Milk-Bone for The National Biscuit Company , the series featured Rin Tin Tin's adventures with the 101st Cavalry in the same manner as the concurrent TV show, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin . The radio show also starred Lee Aaker (1943–2021) as Rusty, James Brown (1920–1992) as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters, and Joe Sawyer (1906–1982) as Sergeant Biff O'Hara. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin , an ABC television series, ran from October 1954 to May 1959. Duncan's Rin Tin Tin IV

560-625: A G rating by the narrowest of squeaks. And oddly it is those few lapses of language which seem the most awkward and unnecessary. Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin (September 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932) was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France , who became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, Lee Duncan, who nicknamed him " Rinty ". Duncan trained Rin Tin Tin and obtained silent film work for

672-752: A case for a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Old Actors. The gimmick of Michael Winner's film is to parade a pageant of great old Hollywood names. Presumably they were persuaded to do it in the belief that the film was to be an affectionate homage to the old Hollywood. Their walk-ons suggest that they were required at the studio so briefly that there was not even time to make them up or light them, let alone explain what they were supposed to be doing; certainly aging people could hardly be filmed with less sympathy. Indeed, you could believe that it had been done to humiliate and demean them. Yvonne de Carlo and Alice Faye are cast, or cast in, as aged secretaries, Virginia Mayo

784-462: A client with a residential development project. Paul is eventually invited to dinner by Ames at his gun club. Ames is impressed with Paul's pistol marksmanship at the target range. Paul reveals he was a conscientious objector during the Korean War , when he served as a combat medic , and that he had been taught to handle firearms by his hunter-father. But after the senior Kersey was mortally wounded by

896-428: A comedy?) has a confused, questing quality to it. The acting—by Bruce Dern, as the dog's director, Madeline Kahn, as the dog's best friend. Art Carney, as a producer, and Ron Leibman, as a Valentino -esque actor—is extravagantly bad, as if grimaces and gesticulations would conceal the script's inadequacies. Won Ton Ton is played by a dog named Augustus Von Schumacher (pets should be protected from their owner's muses), who

1008-684: A degree of whimsy. But the alchemy in the direction has turned potential cotton candy into reinforced concrete; Winner's Death Wish is funnier in comparison. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote "Sixty guest stars can't save Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood ...from its unrelentingly crass tone and steady stream of unfunny jokes. Unquestionably, the best performance is given by an appealing German shepherd named Augustus Von Schumacher, who plays Won Ton Ton." Gene Siskel of

1120-575: A dog like Rin Tin Tin. She also wrote about the 1924 Rin Tin Tin silent film The Lighthouse by the Sea , which she and her school friends watched together in her house for her birthday party. According to her, the movie was a big hit with her friends. The Hank Williams Jr song " Attitude Adjustment " includes the line, "Now some sticks to the head, and some kicks to the shin, and several bites by Rin Tin Tin, and I couldn't wait to get into that jail." The Clash 's 1981 song " The Magnificent Seven " referenced

1232-586: A film with child actor Robert Blake in 1947. Duncan groomed Rin Tin Tin IV for the 1950s television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin , produced by Bert Leonard . However, the dog performed poorly in a screen test and was replaced in the TV show by trainer Frank Barnes's dogs, primarily one named Flame Jr. , called JR, with the public led to believe otherwise. Instead of shooting episodes, Rin Tin Tin IV stayed at home in Riverside, California . The TV show Rin Tin Tin

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1344-610: A finer burial, nor even his own expensive house. He sold his house and quietly arranged to have the dog's body returned to his country of birth for reburial in the Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques , the pet cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine . In the United States, his death set off a national response. Regular programming was interrupted by a news bulletin. An hour-long program about Rin Tin Tin played

1456-553: A girlfriend who was in Sesame Street , a Puerto Rican actress ( Sonia Manzano ), who played a checkout girl at the supermarket [in Death Wish ], and she was a great jazz fan. She said, 'Well, you should have Herbie Hancock. He's got this record out called Head Hunters .' She gave me Head Hunters , which was staggering. And I said, 'Dino, never mind a cheap English band, we'll have Herbie Hancock.' Which we did." Hancock's theme for

1568-712: A great degree. On another level, however, the movie is so bad that it is almost good. It is an exercise in how to take a pretty good idea and to overdo it until quintessential boredom is reached, but it also provides an opportunity to see a fading galaxy of former-stars, most of whom cause a first reaction of, 'Gee, I didn't know he was still alive.'" The film was one of five reviewed in the July 16, 1976, edition of The Times of London, where David Robinson had some particularly biting criticisms of it: And so, reluctantly, to Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood , which would have been better titled The Dog Who Savaged Hollywood . There's

1680-521: A great time either; the film tries to conceal its deficiencies in comic ideas and comic skill by doing everything at the pace of a clockwork toy with a too-tight spring. Vaguely pretending to be based on the real-life dog star Rin-Tin-Tin, it is particularly mean about him. He was certainly a lot more fun than this (admittedly not unlovable) counterfeit. Just to prove how the film defames the silent cinema, there [were] currently opportunities [in London] to see

1792-470: A group of space-exploring scientists from giant Martians in one episode. In September 1930, the title changed from The Wonder Dog to Rin Tin Tin . Don Ameche and Junior McLain starred in the series, which ended June 8, 1933. With Ken-L Ration as a sponsor, the series continued on CBS from October 5, 1933, until May 20, 1934, airing Sundays at 7:45 pm. The final radio series was broadcast on Mutual from January 2, 1955, to December 25, 1955,

1904-430: A long shot, the actor shown appears to resemble him, but Washington stated that not to be true. Actress Helen Martin , who had a minor role as a mugging victim who fights off her attackers with a hatpin , subsequently appeared in the television sitcoms Good Times and 227 . Christopher Guest made one of his earliest film appearances as a young police officer who finds Kersey's gun. Marcia Jean Kurtz , who played

2016-515: A memorial tribute film about Rin Tin Tin. The next year, Rin Tin Tin was honored by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in a special program, Hollywood Dogs: From Rin Tin Tin to Uggie , on June 6, 2012, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. The career of contemporary film dog Uggie (2002–2015) was compared to Rin Tin Tin's silent-era career. In 1976, a film loosely based on Rin Tin Tin's debut

2128-522: A message written by Duncan: "Most faithfully, Rin Tin Tin." In the 1920s, Rin Tin Tin's success for Warner Bros. inspired several imitations from other studios looking to cash in on his popularity, notably RKO 's Ace the Wonder Dog , also a German Shepherd dog. Around the world, Rin Tin Tin was extremely popular because as a dog he was equally well understood by all viewers. At the time, silent films were easily adapted for various countries by simply changing

2240-406: A peaceful life, resorts to vigilantism after his wife is murdered and daughter raped during a home invasion . At the time of release, Death Wish was criticized for its apparent support of vigilantism and advocating unlimited punishment of criminals. The novel allegedly denounced vigilantism, whereas the film embraced the notion. The film was a commercial success and resonated with the public in

2352-536: A position to put Rin Tin Tin in film, however modest the role. The dog's first break came when he was asked to replace a camera-shy wolf in The Man from Hell's River (1922) featuring Wallace Beery . The wolf was not performing properly for the director, but under the guidance of Duncan's voice commands, Rin Tin Tin was very easy to work with. When the film was completed, the dog was billed as "Rin Tan". Rin Tin Tin would be cast as

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2464-442: A second hunter who mistook Paul's father for a deer, Paul's mother made him swear never to use guns again. Paul helps Ames plan his residential housing development. After a couple of weeks, Ames drives Paul back to Tucson Airport and places a gift as a thank you for his work on the project, into Paul's checked luggage. In Manhattan, Paul learns that Carol's mind has snapped due to the trauma she suffered and her mother's death. Carol

2576-467: A severely damaged kennel which had once supplied the Imperial German Army with German Shepherd dogs. The only dogs left alive in the kennel were a starving mother with a litter of five nursing puppies, their eyes still shut because they were less than a week old. Duncan rescued the dogs and brought them back to his unit. When the puppies were weaned, he gave the mother to an officer and three of

2688-545: A shooting location for the film. Bronson asked for a California-based location so that he could visit his family in Bel Air, Los Angeles . Winner insisted on New York City and De Laurentiis agreed. Ultimately, Bronson backed down. Death Wish was shot on location in New York City from January 14, 1974 to Mid-April 1974. Death Wish was first released to American audiences in July 1974. The world premiere took place on July 24 in

2800-407: A sloppy and unfunny parade of old movie send-ups and their stars. The film stars Art Carney, Bruce Dern and Madeline Kahn fine performers all, and one can take away some enjoyment in their zestful performances. And there are some good tricks involving the dog, which should turn on the kids and people who go soft over dogs. But director Winner has given the film such a ragged, patchwork quality that

2912-588: A wolf or wolf-hybrid many times in his career because it was much more convenient for filmmakers to work with a trained dog. In another 1922 film titled My Dad , Rin Tin Tin picked up a small part as a household dog. The credits read: "Rin Tin Tin ;– Played by himself". Rin Tin Tin's first starring role was in Where the North Begins (1923), in which he played alongside silent screen actress Claire Adams . This film

3024-496: Is Hope Lange. So I'll get her.". Ireland later played Kersey's love interest in Death Wish II . The film project was dropped by United Artists after budget constraints forced producers Hal Landers and Bobby Roberts to liquidate their rights. The original producers were replaced by Italian film mogul Dino De Laurentiis . De Laurentiis convinced Charles Bluhdorn to bring the project to Paramount Pictures . Paramount purchased

3136-452: Is a 1974 American vigilante action film directed by Michael Winner . The film, loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield and the first film in the Death Wish film series , stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, alongside Hope Lange , Vincent Gardenia , William Redfield , Kathleen Tolan and Christopher Guest . In the film, Paul Kersey, an architect leading

3248-415: Is a cleaning woman, Walter Pidgeon (and in a film like this you think of him as Walter Pidgeon and not as a character) is given one moment, hurling a stone at a dog. Carmel Myers, once the leading lady of Fairbanks , Valentino and Ramon Novarro and a star of Ben-Hur , is a walk-on. Well, maybe they have only themselves to blame, and they have got good money for it. But the meanness is as unduckable in

3360-434: Is now catatonic , and an elective mute, refusing to speak to her husband, Jack. With Paul's blessing, Jack commits Carol to a mental rehabilitation institute. At home, Paul opens Ames' gift to discover that it is a Colt .32 caliber revolver with a box of ammunition and cleaning kit. He loads the gun, takes a late-night walk and is mugged at gunpoint, but Paul fatally shoots the mugger. Shocked, he then runs home and vomits. Over

3472-480: Is quite appealing and who, when he covers his ears as some dynamite is about to explode, chalks up the movie's only laugh. If only it weren't for all those people." Patrick Taggart of the Austin American-Statesman wrote: Both a parody and a reverent comedy (it never does seem to find a single direction) about Hollywood in the 1920s, Paramount Pictures has assembled a huge cast of old movie greats for

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3584-404: Is undeniably exploitation fare -- and also undeniably effective." The film grossed $ 22 million in the United States and Canada generating theatrical rentals of $ 8.8 million. In West Germany it grossed over $ 7.6 million. It earned theatrical rentals of $ 20.3 million worldwide. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Death Wish was a watershed for Bronson, who

3696-632: The Chicago Tribune gave the film two stars out of four and called it "a scattershot comedy that can't make up its mind whether to be 'wholesome family entertainment' or a smutty film industry in-joke. It goes both ways." Jerry Oster of the New York Daily News wrote that "the script, by Arnold Schulman and Cy Howard, is singular among comedies in that it has not one funny line. The direction, by Michael Winner (Michael Winner, he of such cynical movies as The Mechanic and Death Wish , directing

3808-517: The Los Angeles Times called it "a despicable motion picture... It is nasty and demagogic stuff, an appeal to brute emotions and against reason." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post described the film as "simplistic to the point of stasis. Scarcely a single sensible insight into urban violence occurs; the killings just plod [along] one after another as Bronson stalks New York's crime-ridden streets." Clyde Jeavons of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Superficially, it's not all that far removed from

3920-524: The Loews Theater in New York City. Multiple Grammy award-winning jazz musician Herbie Hancock produced and composed the original score for the soundtrack to the movie. It was his third film score, after the 1966 movie Blow-up and The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973). Michael Winner said, "[Dino] De Laurentiis said 'Get a cheap English band.' Because the English bands were very successful. But I had

4032-574: The New Hollywood at its most crass, insecure and condescending." Susan Stark of the Detroit Free Press wrote that the comedy "has about as much to do with a dog named Won Ton Ton saving Hollywood as it has to do with God having made little green apples or the price of eggs in China. We have become accustomed to imprecise or misleading movie titles but this one is downright inaccurate. Probably there

4144-560: The United States , which was experiencing increasing crime rates during the 1970s. Paul Kersey is a middle-aged architect who lives in Manhattan with his wife, Joanna, and their adult daughter Carol. One day, Joanna and Carol are followed home from the grocery store by three muggers. The trio invade the Kersey apartment by posing as deliverymen. Discovering that the women only have $ 7 on them,

4256-454: The greaser who slashes Paul Kersey's newspaper, while Robert Miano had a minor role as a mugger in the film. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs , who later co-starred on the television show Welcome Back, Kotter , had an uncredited role as one of the Central Park muggers near the end of the film. It has been rumored that Denzel Washington made his screen debut as an uncredited alley mugger since in

4368-580: The 12-part Mascot Studios chapter-play The Lightning Warrior (1931), co-starring with Frankie Darro . In these films, vocal commands would have been picked up by the microphones, so Duncan likely guided Rin Tin Tin by hand signals. Rin Tin Tin and the rest of the crew filmed much of the outdoor action footage for The Lightning Warrior on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles , known for its huge sandstone boulders and widely recognized as

4480-457: The 1928 ballots, kept in storage at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library , show a complete absence of votes for Rin Tin Tin. Davis called the story an urban legend that probably originated in a joke ballot circulated that year by Zanuck, who wanted to mock the concept of the Academy Awards. Although primarily a star of silent films, Rin Tin Tin did appear in four sound features, including

4592-578: The 2007 children's film Finding Rin Tin Tin , an American– Bulgarian production based on Duncan's discovery of the dog in France. Meanwhile, a Rin Tin Tin memorabilia collection was being amassed by Texas resident Jannettia Propps Brodsgaard, who had purchased several direct descendant dogs from Duncan beginning with Rinty Tin Tin Brodsgaard in 1957. Brodsgaard bred the dogs to keep the bloodline. Brodsgaard's granddaughter, Daphne Hereford, continued to build on

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4704-459: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood falls short of, say, Citizen Kane and Barry Lyndon . What will be a mild and agreeable shock to some is that this new comedy at the Cineworld and Pioneer 4 is not the dog (sorry) that some national reviewers have said it is." Stewart continued, " Won Ton Ton is in fact a pleasant dose of PG humor which, while not altogether without sophistication, must have missed

4816-527: The Rin Tin Tin legacy. Following advances made by American forces during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel , Corporal Lee Duncan, an armourer of the U.S. Army Air Service , was sent forward on September 15, 1918, to the small French village of Flirey to see if it would make a suitable flying field for his unit, the 135th Aero Squadron . The area had been subjected to aerial bombing and artillery fire, and Duncan found

4928-657: The Rin Tin Tin trademark. The judge ruled in favor of the filmmakers, declaring the use of the name in the film to be fair use . A fictionalized account of Lee Duncan finding and raising Rin Tin Tin is a major part of the novel Sunnyside by Glen David Gold . Rin Tin Tin has been featured as a character in many works of fiction, including a children's book in which Rin Tin Tin and the other animal characters are able to talk to one another but are unable to talk to humans. Rin Tin Tin finds mention in Anne Frank 's diary in her second entry on June 14, 1942. Frank wishes she had

5040-524: The acting, Stark wrote that "not even an actor of Dern's estimable caliber can do a thing with that kind of tiresome material", that Kahn, "In addition to being given a wealth of flat comic material", "is coiffed and clothed in exceptionally unflattering style" and that "the dog, a German shepherd, comes off best, largely because he does not have to share the burden of speaking the lines as written but also because no one interfered much with his naturally dignified appearance. The rhinestone collar he has to wear for

5152-475: The basic structure of the novel and much of the philosophical dialogue. It was his idea to turn police detective Frank Ochoa into a major character of the film. His early drafts for the screenplay had different endings from the final one. In one, he followed an idea from Garfield. The vigilante confronts the three thugs who attacked his family and ends up dead at their hands. Ochoa discovers the dead man's weapon and considers following in his footsteps. In another,

5264-590: The care of a Hempstead breeder named Mrs. Leo Wanner, who trained police dogs. Nanette was diagnosed with pneumonia; as a replacement, the breeder gave Duncan another female German Shepherd puppy. Duncan travelled to California by rail with his dogs. While Duncan was travelling by train, Nanette died in Hempstead. As a memorial, Duncan named his new puppy Nanette II, but he called her Nanette. Duncan, Rin Tin Tin, and Nanette II settled at his home in Los Angeles. Rin Tin Tin

5376-611: The career of Darryl F. Zanuck from screenwriter to producer and studio executive. After the dog's only appearance in color (the 1929 musical revue The Show of Shows , in which he barks an introduction to a musical pageant), Warner Bros. dispensed with Rin Tin Tin's and Lee Duncan's services. The studio was intent on promoting its "all-talking" stars, and silent-film personality Rin Tin Tin obviously couldn't speak. Undaunted, Duncan sought further film work and signed with independent producer Nat Levine , who starred Rin Tin Tin in serials and feature films. After Rin Tin Tin died in 1932,

5488-509: The deal, and his company agrees to transfer him to Chicago. Ochoa tells the press that Paul is an ordinary mugging victim, and that the vigilante is still out there. Paul arrives in Chicago Union Station by train. Being greeted by a company representative, he notices hoodlums harassing a young woman. He excuses himself and helps her. As the hoodlums mock him, Paul smiles while making a finger gun gesture at them. John Herzfeld played

5600-443: The death in his unpublished memoir. He heard Rin Tin Tin bark in a peculiar fashion so he went to see what was wrong. He found the dog lying on the ground, moments away from death. Newspapers across the nation carried obituaries. Magazine articles were written about his life, and a special Movietone News feature was shown to movie audiences. In the press, aspects of the death were fabricated in various ways, such as Rin Tin Tin dying on

5712-465: The distribution rights of the film in the United States market, while Columbia Pictures licensed the distribution rights for international markets, however Paramount also distributed the film in the United Kingdom through Cinema International Corporation . De Laurentiis raised the $ 3 million budget of the film by pre-selling the distribution rights. With funding secured, screenwriter Gerald Wilson

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5824-672: The dog - "Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin/ who's more famous to the Billion Millions?". In The Simpsons ' season 14 episode " Old Yeller-Belly ", Rin Tin Tin is referred to as the "first openly gay dog in Hollywood." The Finnish pop rock band Leevi and the Leavings has a song called "Rin Tin Tin" on their album Häntä koipien välissä (1988). Death Wish (1974 film) Death Wish

5936-399: The dog. Rin Tin Tin was an immediate box-office success and went on to appear in 27 Hollywood films , gaining worldwide fame. Along with the earlier canine film star Strongheart , Rin Tin Tin was responsible for greatly increasing the popularity of German Shepherd dogs as family pets. The immense profitability of his films contributed to the success of Warner Bros. studios and helped advance

6048-535: The film "starts with a marvelously whimsical premise that director Michael Winner is unable to develop in rich comic terms." Joe Pollack of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote "On one level, Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood , is an atrocious movie. Supposedly a comic spoof, it lacks humor. It also lacks grace, class, style and intelligence, a group of attributes more common in their absence than their presence in many Hollywood productions, but not generally absent to such

6160-449: The film carried a dangerous message. The other was that the screenplay followed the original novel in describing the vigilante as a meek accountant, hardly a suitable role for Bronson. "I was really a miscast person," Bronson said later. "It was more a theme that would have been better for Dustin Hoffman or somebody who could play a weaker kind of man. I told them that at the time." Winner

6272-527: The film was quoted in " Judge, Jury and Executioner ", a 2013 single by Atoms for Peace . The film was first released on VHS , Betamax and LaserDisc in 1980. It was later released on DVD in 2001 and 2006. A 40th Anniversary Edition was released on Blu-ray in 2014. Death Wish received mixed reviews from critics upon its release. Many critics were displeased with the film, considering it an "immoral threat to society" and an encouragement of antisocial behavior. Vincent Canby of The New York Times

6384-430: The film. Picker took the script with him when he moved to Paramount, causing the title to be changed. The owners of Rin Tin Tin sued the producers, causing Picker to insist his dog was completely fictional. Lily Tomlin was offered the female lead but wanted her partner Jane Wagner to rewrite the script. Director Michael Winner said Tomlin "felt we mustn't go for the laugh. Well, in a comedy laughs don't hurt." Tomlin left

6496-415: The final picture, and on that one, I was not only listed as co-writer but also as executive producer, and I couldn't get my name off! (Laughs.) The film opened to negative reviews when it opened in the late spring of 1976. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 14% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote, "What saves

6608-411: The first season, Robertson said that some of his viewers were deeply concerned that the plot involved a widowed mother who was living unmarried in the same house with the brother of her late husband. Robertson recommended the mother character be killed off to stop the complaints, but Leonard protested such a change. After Leonard quit the show, the problematic character was killed off. Though separated from

6720-417: The goons severely beat Joanna and sexually assault Carol before fleeing. At the hospital, Joanna dies from her injuries. After her funeral, Paul has an encounter with a mugger, and fights back with a homemade weapon , causing the mugger to run away. Paul is left shaken and energized by the encounter. A few days later, Paul's boss sends him to Tucson, Arizona to work with real estate developer Ames Jainchill,

6832-484: The injured limb set in plaster and he nursed the dog back to health for nine months. Ten months after the break, the leg was healed and Rin Tin Tin was entered in a show for German Shepherd dogs in Los Angeles. Rin Tin Tin had learned to leap great heights. At the dog show while making a winning leap, he was filmed by Duncan's acquaintance Charley Jones, who had just developed a slow-motion camera. Seeing his dog being filmed, Duncan became convinced Rin Tin Tin could become

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6944-425: The institute, where she remains generally depressed and unable to speak to Jack or show him any affection. She has physically assaulted the psychiatrists out of stress and is being tied to her bed with belts and ropes. Ochoa soon suspects Paul and is about to make an arrest when the district attorney intervenes and says that "we don't want him arrested." The district attorney and the police commissioner do not want

7056-461: The language of the intertitles . Rin Tin Tin's films were widely distributed. Film historian Jan-Christopher Horak wrote that by 1927, Rin Tin Tin was the most popular actor with the very sophisticated film audience in Berlin. "He is a human dog," one fan wrote, "human in the real big sense of the word." A Hollywood legend holds it that at the first-ever Academy Awards competition in 1929, Rin Tin Tin

7168-462: The leg by a third. He pursues the mugger and corners him at a warehouse, where he proposes a fast draw contest, only to faint because of blood loss while the mugger escapes. A patrolman discovers Paul's gun and hands it to Ochoa, who orders him to forget that he found it. At a local hospital, Ochoa visits Paul, who is recovering. Ochoa offers to surreptitiously dispose of the revolver in exchange for Paul's permanent exile from New York City. Paul takes

7280-516: The litter to other soldiers, but he kept one puppy of each sex. He felt that these two dogs were symbols of his good luck. He dubbed them Rin Tin Tin and Nanette after a pair of good luck charms called Rintintin and Nénette that French children often gave to the American soldiers (the soldiers were usually told that Rintintin and Nénette were lucky lovers who had survived a bombing attack, but the original dolls had been designed by Francisque Poulbot before

7392-416: The most heavily filmed outdoor shooting location in the history of the movies. Rin Tin Tin and Nanette II produced at least 48 puppies; Duncan kept two of them, selling the rest or giving them as gifts. Greta Garbo , W.K. Kellogg , and Jean Harlow each owned one of Rin Tin Tin's descendants. On August 10, 1932, Rin Tin Tin died at Duncan's home on Club View Drive in Los Angeles. Duncan wrote about

7504-468: The movie, a jumble of good jokes and bad, sloppiness, chaos and apparently any old thing that came to hand, is Madeline Kahn...What she has – as W.C. Fields and Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin had – is a kind of unwavering purpose at right angles to reality, a concentration that she bears, Magoolike , through all kinds of unreasonable events." Arthur D. Murphy of Variety reported that "this project might have worked to

7616-512: The name was given to several related German Shepherd dogs featured in fictional stories on film, radio, and television. Rin Tin Tin Jr. appeared in some serialized films, but was not as talented as his father. Rin Tin Tin III , said to be Rin Tin Tin's grandson, but probably only distantly related, helped promote the military use of dogs during World War II . Rin Tin Tin III also appeared in

7728-476: The next Strongheart , a successful film dog that lived in his own full-sized stucco bungalow with its own street address in the Hollywood Hills , separate from the mansion of his owners, who lived a street away next to Roy Rogers . Duncan later wrote, "I was so excited over the film idea that I found myself thinking of it night and day." Duncan walked his dog up and down Poverty Row , talking to anyone in

7840-681: The next day. In a ceremony on February 8, 1960, Rin Tin Tin was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1627 Vine Street. Rin Tin Tin Jr. was sired by Rin Tin Tin, and his mother was Champion Asta of Linwood, also owned by Lee Duncan. Junior appeared in several films in the 1930s. He starred with Rex the Wild Horse in the Mascot Pictures serials The Law of the Wild (1934) and The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935). He voiced

7952-451: The next several weeks, Paul walks through the city looking for criminals, killing several muggers by luring them into a confrontation by presenting himself as an affluent victim, or when he sees them attacking innocent people. NYPD Inspector Frank Ochoa investigates the vigilante killings. His department narrows it down to a list of men who have had a family member recently killed by muggers, and/or are war veterans. Paul then visits Carol at

8064-441: The opposite argument. The film led him to write a follow-up titled Death Sentence , which was published a year after the film's release. Bronson defended the film and felt that it was intended to be a commentary on violence and was meant to attack violence, not romanticize it. On Rotten Tomatoes Death Wish has an approval rating of 66% "Fresh" based on reviews from 32 critics. The website's critics consensus reads, " Death Wish

8176-483: The part is all but obscured by his healthy coat and they never did get him to use the gold-plated fire hydrant parked next to his between-takes spot on the movie-within-a-movie set." She ended the review by saying, "you've heard of Lassie, Come Home ? They should call this one, Won Ton Ton, Go Home. ." Jeanne Miller of the San Francisco Examiner also enjoyed the dog's performance, but remarked, as well, that

8288-513: The part of Rinty in the radio shows produced during that era as well. Rin Tin Tin Jr. died in December 1941 of pneumonia. Rin Tin Tin III starred alongside a young Robert Blake in 1947's The Return of Rin Tin Tin but is primarily credited with assisting Duncan in the training of more than 5,000 dogs for the World War II war effort at Camp Hahn, California. Between 1930 and 1955, Rin Tin Tin

8400-495: The plot becomes a hopleless muddle (as if it needed any help in that direction), and there are only three really good jokes in the entire thing. And three good gags do not a comedy make. John Pym of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote "Michael Winner does not have Mel Brooks ' frenzied gift for marshaling this sort of material; and, to make matters worse, the script attains a level of parody no higher than Ron Leibman's mincing caricature of Valentino , embellished with little more than

8512-401: The position of film producer. In New York City, Mayor Jimmy Walker gave Rin Tin Tin a key to the city . Rin Tin Tin was much sought after and was signed for endorsement deals. Dog food makers Ken-L Ration , Ken-L-Biskit, and Pup-E-Crumbles all featured him in their advertisements. Warner Bros. fielded fan letters by the thousands, sending back a glossy portrait signed with a paw print and

8624-470: The producer, have every word of the script rewritten, but he hired Michael Winner, the director of all the Charles Bronson Death Wish pictures, to "realize" the film, as the post- Cahiers du Cinéma directors like to put it. It was written by me as a satire, written by God-knows-who as a slapstick farce, and directed with all the charm and wit of a chain-saw massacre. I had nothing to do with

8736-453: The project. Picker says Bette Midler wanted to make the film "but we couldn't come to an arrangement." Eventually Madeline Kahn was cast. Dern said he accepted the lead "because I've never been in a hit. This is a very funny movie." Filming started in August 1975. Karl Miller was in charge of the dog. Arnold Schulman, credited as a writer and producer, later said: Not only did David Picker,

8848-475: The real thing. The Strong Man , even though not the best of the three films in which Frank Capra directed Harry Langdon , the elderly baby of slapstick comedy, is about a hundred times funnier than Michael Winner could ever be. A mildly positive review of the film came from Perry Stewart of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram , who wrote, It will come as no great surprise to any of you that Won Ton Ton

8960-425: The receptionist at Paul's office, has appeared in multiple roles on the TV series Law & Order . Sonia Manzano , who played Maria on Sesame Street , had an uncredited role as a supermarket checkout clerk. The film marked Jeff Goldblum 's screen debut, playing one of the "freaks" who assaults Kersey's family early in the film. The producers of Death Wish were Hal Landers & Bobby Roberts. Bobby Roberts

9072-455: The same challenge issued by Western movie icon John Wayne to his main opponent in the climactic shootout in 1969's True Grit . When Ochoa tells him to get out of town, he asks if he has until sundown to do so. The killing in the subway station was supposed to remain off-screen in Mayes' script, but Winner decided to turn this into an actual, brutal scene. A minor argument occurred when it came to

9184-571: The script had the vigilante being inspired by seeing a fight scene in the Western film High Noon . Winner decided on a more elaborate scene, involving a fight scene in a recreation of the Wild West , taking place in Tucson, Arizona . The final script had the vigilante making an occasional reference to Westerns. While confronting an armed mugger, he challenges him to draw. Kersey tells him to "fill your hand,"

9296-531: The set of the film Pride of the Legion (where Rin Tin Tin Jr. was working), dying at night, or dying at home on the front lawn in the arms of actress Jean Harlow , who lived on the same street. In a private ceremony, Duncan buried Rin Tin Tin in a bronze casket in his own backyard with a plain wooden cross to mark the location. Duncan was suffering the financial effects of the Great Depression and could not afford

9408-521: The show, Leonard continued to receive a fee for the screen rights to Rin Tin Tin. In 2007, a children's film was produced— Finding Rin Tin Tin —based on the story of Lee Duncan finding Rin Tin Tin on a battlefield in France and making a star of him in Hollywood. The film was the subject of a lawsuit brought in October 2008 by Daphne Hereford, who asked a federal court in Houston , Texas, to protect her rights to

9520-448: The standard mannerisms of the familiar theatrical queen." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post stated "This tacky exercise in mock nostalgia may be added to that recent, weirdly miscalculated genre that includes W.C. Fields and Me , Gable and Lombard and The Day of the Locust ... They may be presented as uninhibited, madcap spoofs of Old Hollywood, but they tend to end up illustrating

9632-416: The statistics to get out that Paul's vigilantism has led to a drastic decrease in street crime. They fear that if said information becomes public knowledge, the city will descend into vigilante chaos. If Paul is arrested, he can be labeled a martyr , and people will copy his example. Ochoa reluctantly relents and opts for "scaring him off" instead. One night, Paul shoots two more muggers before being wounded in

9744-458: The studio failed to allow their script rewrites. In June, Eli Roth signed on to direct. The film was released on March 2, 2018. The 2007 movie The Brave One , starring Jodie Foster , Terrence Howard , and Mary Steenburgen , and directed by Neil Jordan , was a loose remake of Death Wish . Foster played a female version of Paul Kersey named Erica Bain, a radio host, whose fiance' is murdered in front of her by muggers in Central Park. The film

9856-535: The tradition and bloodline of Rin Tin Tin from 1988 to 2011; she was the first to trademark the name Rin Tin Tin, in 1993, and she bought the domain names rintintin.com and rintintin.net to establish a website. Hereford opened a short-lived Rin Tin Tin museum in Latexo, Texas and passed the tradition to her daughter, Dorothy Yanchak, in 2011. The dog Rin Tin Tin XII, owned by Yanchak, takes part in public events to represent

9968-520: The tradition to her daughter, Dorothy Yanchak, in July 2011. The current Rin Tin Tin is twelfth in line from the original silent film star and makes personal appearances across the country to promote responsible pet ownership. Rin Tin Tin was the recipient of the 2011 American Humane Association Legacy award, accepted by a twelfth-generation Rin Tin Tin legacy dog in October 2011 at the first annual Hero Dog Awards in Beverly Hills. Mickey Rooney narrated

10080-446: The treatment of the humans as in a particularly brutal (however tricked) gag of the dog, having been trained to jump through prop paper walls, hurling himself bewilderedly against real ones. It is just a mean film (which is small recommendation for a comedy, you might think). It has a mean view of what Hollywood and its artists were and represented; it has a mean view of the achievement of the silent cinema. The audience does not have such

10192-720: The vigilante is wounded and rushed to a hospital. His fate is left ambiguous. Meanwhile, Ochoa has found the weapon and struggles with the decision to use it. His decision is left unclear. Originally, Sidney Lumet was to have directed Jack Lemmon as Paul and Henry Fonda as Ochoa. Lumet bowed out of the project to direct Serpico (1973), requiring a search for another director. Several were considered, including Peter Medak who wanted Henry Fonda as Paul. United Artists eventually chose Michael Winner , due to his track record of gritty, violent action films. The examples of his work considered included The Mechanic (1972), Scorpio (1973), and The Stone Killer (1973). The film

10304-459: The war in late 1913 to look like Paris street urchins. Contrary to linguistic clues and popular usage, Poulbot said that Rintintin was the girl doll. ). Duncan sensed that Nanette was the more intelligent of the two puppies. In July 1919, Duncan sneaked the dogs aboard a ship taking him back to the US at the end of the war. When he got to Long Island, New York , for re-entry processing, he put his dogs in

10416-517: Was 52 years of age at the time, and who was then better known in Europe and Asia for his role in The Great Escape . Bronson became an American film icon, who experienced great popularity over the next twenty years. In March 2016, Paramount and MGM announced that Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado would direct a remake starring Bruce Willis . In May, Keshales and Papushado quit the project, after

10528-517: Was a dark sable color and had very dark eyes. Nanette II was much lighter in color. An athletic silent film actor named Eugene Pallette was one of Duncan's friends. The two men enjoyed the outdoors; they took the dogs to the Sierras , where Pallette liked to hunt, while Duncan taught Rin Tin Tin various tricks. Duncan thought that his dog might win a few awards at dog shows and thus be a valuable source of puppies bred with Nanette for sale. In 1922, Duncan

10640-500: Was a founding member of the Shepherd Dog Club of California, based in Los Angeles. At the club's first show, Rin Tin Tin showed his agility but also demonstrated an aggressive temper, growling, barking, and snapping. It was a very poor performance, but the worst moment came afterward when Duncan was walking home. A heavy bundle of newspapers was thrown from a delivery truck and landed on the dog, breaking his left front leg. Duncan had

10752-419: Was a huge success and has often been credited with saving Warner Bros. from bankruptcy. It was followed by 24 more screen appearances. Each of these films was very popular, making such a profit for Warner Bros. that Rin Tin Tin was called "the mortgage lifter" by studio insiders. A young screenwriter named Darryl F. Zanuck was involved in creating stories for Rin Tin Tin; the success of the films raised him to

10864-436: Was also the manager of the rock group, Steppenwolf , at that time. Apparently, Jeff Goldblum struck up a friendship with Steppenwolf keyboardist, Goldy McJohn, because Goldy once said, Jeff Goldblum was his cigarette-mooching pal. The film was based on Brian Garfield 's 1972 novel of the same name . Garfield was inspired to use the theme of vigilantism following incidents in his personal life. In one incident, his wife's purse

10976-418: Was anxious about his decision to cast Jill Ireland , Bronson's real life wife for the role of Paul Kersey's wife, Joanna Kersey. After Winner told this to Bronson, he said, "No. I don't want her humiliated and messed around by these actors who play muggers. You know the sort of person we want? Someone who looks like Hope Lange .", to which Winner replied, "Well, Charlie, the person who looks most like Hope Lange

11088-513: Was cast in three different radio series, beginning April 5, 1930, with The Wonder Dog , in which the original Rin Tin Tin performed some of the sound effects until his death in 1932. (Most of the dog noises were performed live on radio by a young Bob Barker .) This 15-minute program was broadcast Saturdays on the Blue Network at 8:15 pm until March 1931, when it moved to Thursdays. Storylines were often highly unlikely, with Rin Tin Tin saving

11200-513: Was far lighter in color than the original sable-colored dog of silent film. Lee Duncan died on September 20, 1960, without ever having trademarked the name "Rin Tin Tin". The tradition continued in Texas with Jannettia Brodsgaard Propps, who had purchased several direct descendant dogs from Duncan. Her granddaughter, Daphne Hereford, continued the lineage and the legacy of Rin Tin Tin following her grandmother's death on December 17, 1988. Hereford passed

11312-399: Was hired to revise the script. His first task was changing the identity of the vigilante to make the role more suitable for Bronson. "Paul Benjamin" was renamed to "Paul Kersey." His job was changed from accountant to architect. His background changed from a World War II veteran to a Korean War veteran. The reason for him not seeing combat duty changed from serving as an army accountant to being

11424-402: Was nominally the lead dog, but nearly all of the screen work was performed by a dog named Flame Jr., nicknamed J.R., owned by trainer Frank Barnes. Other dogs that sometimes played TV's Rin Tin Tin included Barnes's dog Blaze and Duncan's dog Hey You from the Rin Tin Tin bloodline. Hey You had suffered an eye injury during his youth; he was used as a stunt dog and for fight scenes. TV's Rin Tin Tin

11536-535: Was nominated for a PATSY Award in both 1958 and 1959 but did not win. After Duncan died in 1960, the screen property of Rin Tin Tin passed to his business partner Bert Leonard, who worked on further adaptations such as the 1988–1993 Canadian-made TV show Katts and Dog , which was called Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop in the US and Rintintin Junior in France. Following Leonard's death in 2006, his lawyer James Tierney made

11648-423: Was not a bestseller. Garfield sold screen rights to both Death Wish and Relentless to the only film producers who approached him, Hal Landers and Bobby Roberts . He was offered the chance to write a screenplay adapting one of the two novels, and chose Relentless . He simply considered it the easier of the two to turn into a film. Wendell Mayes was then hired to write the screenplay for Death Wish . He preserved

11760-405: Was once a movie about a dog named Won Ton Ton who saved Hollywood that looked like a loser and was sent back to the cutting room. We'll never know for sure, but that picture almost had to be better than the one presently on view. As it stands, this picture not only omits the story of the dog who saved Hollywood, it omits any story altogether. A dog named Won Ton Ton, however, is indeed present." Of

11872-522: Was one of the most outspoken writers, condemning Death Wish in two extensive articles. Roger Ebert awarded three stars out of four and praised the "cool precision" of Winner's direction but did not agree with the film's philosophy. Gene Siskel gave the film two stars out of four and wrote that its setup "makes no attempt at credibility; its goal is to present a syllogism that argues for vengeance, and to present it so swiftly that one doesn't have time to consider its absurdity." Charles Champlin of

11984-473: Was originally called A Bark is Born and was based on the career of Rin Tin Tin . The story was written by Cy Howard in 1971. He hired Arnold Schulmann to write the script. It was developed by David Picker at Warner Bros who requested the title be changed so as to not clash with their upcoming version of A Star is Born . Picker changed it to Won Ton Ton the Dog that Saved Warner Bros . Warner Bros decided not to make

12096-447: Was produced: Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood . Producer David V. Picker offered a fee to Herbert B. Leonard, but Leonard objected to the premise of a film ridiculing the famous dog. Leonard sued the filmmakers for infringement on the Rin Tin Tin legacy and lost. Originally co-produced by Leonard, the 1988–93 Canadian TV series Katts and Dog featured the adventures of a police officer and his canine partner. The series

12208-449: Was rejected by other studios because of its controversial subject matter and the perceived difficulty of casting someone in the vigilante role. Several actors were considered, including Steve McQueen , Clint Eastwood , Burt Lancaster , George C. Scott , Frank Sinatra , Lee Marvin and even Elvis Presley . Winner attempted to recruit Bronson, but there were two problems for the actor. One was that his agent, Paul Kohner , considered that

12320-412: Was stolen; in another, his car was vandalized. His initial thought each time was that he could kill "the son of a bitch" responsible. He later considered that these were primitive thoughts, contemplated in an unguarded moment. He then thought of writing a novel about a man who entered that way of thinking in a moment of rage and then never emerged from it. The original novel received favorable reviews but

12432-595: Was titled Rin Tin Tin: K9 Cop for its American showings; in France it was presented as Rintintin Junior . Leonard was funded by the Christian Broadcasting Network , whose founder, televangelist Pat Robertson , had been enthusiastic for the idea. Leonard was criticized by his fellow producers for staying with his new wife in Los Angeles rather than helping with the show on location in Canada. Partway through

12544-608: Was voted Best Actor , but that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , wishing to appear more serious and thus determined to have a human actor win the award, removed Rin Tin Tin as a choice and re-ran the vote, leading to German actor Emil Jannings winning the award. Author Susan Orlean stated this story as fact in her 2011 book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend . However, former Academy head Bruce Davis has written that

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