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A Race for Life
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by D. Ross Lederman

Cast: Rin-Tin-Tin, Virginia Brown Faire [Virginia Calhoun], Carroll Nye [Robert Hammond], Bobby Gordon (Robert Gordon) [Danny O’Shea], James Mason (Jim Mason) [Bruce Morgan], Pat Hartigan [the tramp]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [A Master Picture]. / Scenario by Charles R. Condon, from a screen story by Charles R. Condon. Assistant director, Chauncy Pyle. Cinematography by Ed Du Par (Edwin B. DuPar). Film editor, Charles Henkel Jr. Intertitles written by James A. Starr. / Premiered 28 January 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama: Adventure.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 13 November 2022.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 306 : Website-IMDb.