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The Yellow Dog
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Colin Campbell

Cast: Arthur Hoyt [Albert Walker], Antrim Short [‘Nosey’ White], Clara Horton [Kate Cummings], Frank Clark [Alexander Cummings], Will Machin [Karl Schneider], Frank Hayes [Jones], Fred Kelsey [Max Kummich], Frederick Starr [Henry Babbitt], Ruby Lafayette [Mrs. Blakely], Ralph Graves [Tom Blakely], Lily Clarke [Tom’s sweetheart]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Jewel Productions, Incorporated (The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated) [Universal Special]. / Scenario by Elliott J. Clawson; from the short story “The Yellow Dog” by Henry Irving Dodge. Cinematography by Harry Neumann. / © 2 October 1918 by Jewel Productions, Incorporated [LP12953]. Released 4 November 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: World War I.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.5158.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Espionage: Spies - Germans - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 27 November 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.5158; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : Website-ASFFDb.