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| Directed by | Jack Harvey |
| Written by | Nolan Gane |
| Starring | Shep the Dog, Helen Badgley, and Arthur Bauer |
| Music by | Andrew Crow |
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Running time | 11 minutes, 12 seconds |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent |
A Dog's Love is a 1914 American short silent fantasy drama film with subtitles,[1] directed by Jack Harvey on his directorial debut. It stars Shep the Dog, Helen Badgley, and Arthur Bauer.[2] The film is about a dog who loses his best friend, when a young girl is killed in an automobile accident, and focuses on his emotions in dealing with his loss. Well-received because of its "universally appealing" theme, the dog's emotions were reported as surpassing the child's histrionics.
The film was shot on one reel by the Thanhouser Company, 1,007 feet (307 m) in total. It was shot in standard 35mm and a spherical 1.37:1 format. It was distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation upon release. Kitty Kelly of the Chicago Tribune called it a "miniature masterpiece." Copies of the film are in the Museum of Modern Art of New York City and the National Film, Television and Sound Archive of Ottawa film archive.
- ^ "Thanhouser classics. Vol. 2, A mutual film corporation, 1912 to 1914 [videorecording] / Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc". Wayne State University. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ^ "A Dog's Love". Thanhouser.org. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2014.