Lovely to see Strongheart - all too few of the silent movies filmed on nitrate stock have survived. Larry Trimble was my great-grandfather and, although he died before I was born, my grandmother told many, many stories about growing up with him on a ranch in the early days of Hollywood.
+Sheltieshangrila No problem - but I hope you'll forgive me if I cheat slightly here and send you what was written in her obituary, as it's better written than I am able, and will give you a flavour for an extraordinary lady. www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jan-zilliacus-1097376.html Much missed.
+wsmempson1 I already have a copy of that obituary! I found it online a couple years ago when I was doing some in depth research of Strongheart, J. Allen, Larry Trimble and Jane Murfin!! I'm actually Facebook friends with J. Allen's great nephew and have been fortunate to talk with him on the phone. He even PM'd me some photographs of J. Allen Boone as a boy, young man and adult and he gave me permission to post that pic of J. Allen on Mr. Boone's Wikipedia page. I'm doing some writing about Strongheart, J. Allen, Larry and Jane and would truly love to talk with you sometime. If you are willing, I can send you my phone number privately... or talk with you through Facebook.
+Sheltieshangrila Probably easiest via email as I suspect that we have a bit of a time difference between us (I'm in London, UK) saul(dot)empson(at)haringtons-uk(dot)com. Email address is slightly doctored to confound automated harvesting...
+wsmempson1 Thank you Saul. I will email you this weekend. I've got a few questions about Larry and will send you a picture of my most recent acquisition - an actual "pawtographed" picture of Strongheart. It has either Larry or Jane's handwriting on it too. :) I look forward to speaking with you!
Talk about a silent movie, this WAS silent, but no matter it was fabulous! I am so excited to watch a Boston Blackie silent film. I guess they copyrighted out the music. Well, the dog was awesome! Thank you so very much for this upload!!!!!!
The Return of Boston Blackie, released 1 August 1927 (USA). Strongheart the Dog; Bob Custer (as Raymond Glenn) as Boston Blackie; Corliss Palmer as Sylvia Markham; Rosemary Cooper as Necklace Nellie; Coit Albertson as Denver Dan; William Worthington as John Markham; Florence Wix as Mrs. John Markham; J.P. Lockney as Rob Nichols; Violet Palmer as Annette.
Thank you for uploading this, I have Strongheart in some of my dogs...if you ever publish what you're writing about Strongheart please be sure to let me know, I'd love to read it!
Kinship with All Life by J. Allen Boone A book of personal experiences about the intelligence of Strongheart. It's on TH-cam if you want to listen to it on line. For free.
My mother played the piano in her local theater when silent movies were shown. Unlike the soundtrack for this one, she had to vary the music to suit the action on screen.
There were 11 BOSTON BLACKIE silent films made by a variety of studios between 1918-1927, with 9 different actors playing Blackie! (Burt Lytell & Lionel Barrymore each played him twice. Lytell also played Michael Lanyard, "The Lone Wolf"!) Unfortunately, at the moment, this appears to be the ONLY one of the 11 BLACKIE silents currently in circulation, in a variety of formats. I just watched a 57-minute version with color tints and a really exciting music score. For whatever reason, the film was cut shortly after its initial release, and most available prints over the years have been the shorter one. I'm curious to see what's missing from my current DVD!
Thanks I found a strongheart book in my school library
Great old movie!!! I miss my German Shepherd.
Beautiful movie thanks!
Lovely to see Strongheart - all too few of the silent movies filmed on nitrate stock have survived. Larry Trimble was my great-grandfather and, although he died before I was born, my grandmother told many, many stories about growing up with him on a ranch in the early days of Hollywood.
+wsmempson1 I would love to hear some of those stories!
+Sheltieshangrila No problem - but I hope you'll forgive me if I cheat slightly here and send you what was written in her obituary, as it's better written than I am able, and will give you a flavour for an extraordinary lady. www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jan-zilliacus-1097376.html Much missed.
+wsmempson1 I already have a copy of that obituary! I found it online a couple years ago when I was doing some in depth research of Strongheart, J. Allen, Larry Trimble and Jane Murfin!! I'm actually Facebook friends with J. Allen's great nephew and have been fortunate to talk with him on the phone. He even PM'd me some photographs of J. Allen Boone as a boy, young man and adult and he gave me permission to post that pic of J. Allen on Mr. Boone's Wikipedia page. I'm doing some writing about Strongheart, J. Allen, Larry and Jane and would truly love to talk with you sometime. If you are willing, I can send you my phone number privately... or talk with you through Facebook.
+Sheltieshangrila Probably easiest via email as I suspect that we have a bit of a time difference between us (I'm in London, UK) saul(dot)empson(at)haringtons-uk(dot)com. Email address is slightly doctored to confound automated harvesting...
+wsmempson1 Thank you Saul. I will email you this weekend. I've got a few questions about Larry and will send you a picture of my most recent acquisition - an actual "pawtographed" picture of Strongheart. It has either Larry or Jane's handwriting on it too. :) I look forward to speaking with you!
I have Strongheart's great great + granddaughter, Dita, and she looks & acts like her ancestor in beauty and intelligence!
IndianPrincessRose I read the book and I now am very interested in Strongheart! He seemed to be a loyal dog and I bet Dita is the same
Excellent film! Thank you!
Read the book, it was the best. Rip Strongheart, king of acting :(
amazing so welldone and still adorable.
As I understand it, this was the only film of Strongheart's to survive, all the rest lost. That's a shame. Better one than none, I say.
Yeah I really wanted to see his first one which was “The Silent Call”
It’s really just sad, I’ve been wanting to watch all of the films but this was the only one I could really fad
Larry Trimble who was the owner and trainer of Strongheart was my grandfather's uncle.
Talk about a silent movie, this WAS silent, but no matter it was fabulous! I am so excited to watch a Boston Blackie silent film. I guess they copyrighted out the music. Well, the dog was awesome! Thank you so very much for this upload!!!!!!
Granny 13AD no they had no sound back then till the 1930s and this was made in the 1920s
Enjoyed every minute, thanks for sharing.
The Return of Boston Blackie, released 1 August 1927 (USA). Strongheart the Dog; Bob Custer (as Raymond Glenn) as Boston Blackie; Corliss Palmer as Sylvia Markham; Rosemary Cooper as Necklace Nellie; Coit Albertson as Denver Dan; William Worthington as John Markham; Florence Wix as Mrs. John Markham; J.P. Lockney as Rob Nichols; Violet Palmer as Annette.
thanks for uploading this. i just started reading the rin tin tin Lee Duncan biography
Back in the 1950s we had Strongheart dog food in Long Branch New Jersey.They sponsored tv show Lassie.
we fed it to our collie shepherd mix in Illinois.
So sweet rest in peace Strongheart💜💗
Thank you for uploading this, I have Strongheart in some of my dogs...if you ever publish what you're writing about Strongheart please be sure to let me know, I'd love to read it!
Kinship with All Life by J. Allen Boone
A book of personal experiences about the intelligence of Strongheart. It's on TH-cam if you want to listen to it on line. For free.
Great book, I’ve read it several times over the years.
i am ur 200th sub
The book is great too
Who else is here because of the book, "Strongheart"?
Thanks
Very nice.....when do you think the music was added to the film?.
“But I’ll stake my life that girl’s no thief-with those clear eyes.”
My mother played the piano in her local theater when silent movies were shown. Unlike the soundtrack for this one, she had to vary the music to suit the action on screen.
I heard of Boston Blackie but didn't know it was in Silent Films.
There were 11 BOSTON BLACKIE silent films made by a variety of studios between 1918-1927, with 9 different actors playing Blackie! (Burt Lytell & Lionel Barrymore each played him twice. Lytell also played Michael Lanyard, "The Lone Wolf"!) Unfortunately, at the moment, this appears to be the ONLY one of the 11 BLACKIE silents currently in circulation, in a variety of formats. I just watched a 57-minute version with color tints and a really exciting music score. For whatever reason, the film was cut shortly after its initial release, and most available prints over the years have been the shorter one. I'm curious to see what's missing from my current DVD!
At 42:36, they're worried about bad stock investments a full 2 yrs before the Crash of '29.
Rin tin tin brought me here
Silent film
Didn’t say this was a silent film. Really should put that in the title.
Silent film.
This dog is too noisy, keeps barking.