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The Call of the Heart
Also known as {Call of the Heart}
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4345 feet
Directed by Francis Ford

Cast: Dynamite the dog, Joan Alden [Molly O’Day], Edmund Cobb [Jerry Wilson], William A. Steele (William Steele) [Dave Crenshaw], Maurice Murphy [?] [Josh O’Day or Jack O’Day]?, George Plews, Frank Baker, Owen Train

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Basil Dickey, from a screen story by Basil Dickey. Dynamite trained by Louis Vokali. Cinematography by Jerry Ash (Jerome Ash). Film editor, Leon Barsha. Intertitles written by Gardner Bradford. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 20 October 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP24559]. Premiered 19 January 1928 in New York, New York. Released 29 January 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Ford’s last film as director. The film was released in the United Kingdom by European Motion Picture Company on 26 March 1928. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs

Listing updated: 6 April 2020.

References: Gallagher-Ford p. 11; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 60 : ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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