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Shep, or The Thanhouser Dog or Shep the Dog (died November 1914), was a male
In November 1914 ''Reel Life'' said, "In '' The Barrier of Flames'', a forthcoming Thanhouser release, Shep, the beautiful collie, who daily reports for work at the New Rochelle studio, performed another daring rescue, distinguishing himself by a feat of human heroism and sagacity by climbing a ladder and rescuing Helen Badgley from the top story of a burning house." The same month, ''The Moving Picture World'' wrote "Shep, Thanhouser's collie, has recently been acclaimed by critics as a great dog actor. His work in motion pictures is a study in itself. The dog rehearses his parts and goes through them just like a regular actor and never grumbles or tries to sass back."
In a feature on Shep, ''The Chicago News'' of 23 December 1914 said:
Shep died after a short illness in November 1914. The ''New York Star'' reported the death, and said, "There was much sorrow expressed last week at the death of Shep, the Thanhouser dog, who had created a unique part for himself in moving picture work. For Shep was a dramatic actor and could register sorrow or joy with the ease of a great artist. He was known to thousands for his work upon the screen, and though he had many imitators few were even in his class."
File:A Dog's Love.jpg, Scene from ''A Dog's Love''
File:A Dog's Love2.jpg, Shep follows the ghost of the little girl in ''A Dog's Love''
File:Stlll from Shep'sRace with Death 1914.jpg, Still from ''Shep's Race with Death''
collie
Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds. The type originated in Scotland and Northern England. Collies are medium-sized, fairly lightly-built dogs, with pointed snouts. Many type ...
dog who starred in a number of silent films made by the Thanhouser Company
The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude Thanhouser, Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New Yo ...
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Life
Shep was a collie owned by Jack Harvey, a film director. When Harvey was working forVitagraph Studios
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907 ...
, Shep appeared in a number of films, but was not given much publicity.
In September 1914 ''Motion Picture Magazine
''Motion Picture'' was an American monthly fan magazine about film, published from 1911 to 1977.Fuller, Kathryn H. “Motion Picture Story Magazine and the Gendered Construction of the Movie Fan.” ''At the Picture Show: Small-Town Audiences a ...
'' said that Shep was owned by Arthur Ashley while he was with Vitagraph. In '' A Dog's Love'', an 11-minute short released in October 1914, Shep plays a dog who grieves after his human playmate ( Helen Badgley) has died. Other successful films in which Shep appeared were '' Shep's Race with Death'' and ''A Dog's Good Deed''.
In November 1914 ''Reel Life'' said, "In '' The Barrier of Flames'', a forthcoming Thanhouser release, Shep, the beautiful collie, who daily reports for work at the New Rochelle studio, performed another daring rescue, distinguishing himself by a feat of human heroism and sagacity by climbing a ladder and rescuing Helen Badgley from the top story of a burning house." The same month, ''The Moving Picture World'' wrote "Shep, Thanhouser's collie, has recently been acclaimed by critics as a great dog actor. His work in motion pictures is a study in itself. The dog rehearses his parts and goes through them just like a regular actor and never grumbles or tries to sass back."
In a feature on Shep, ''The Chicago News'' of 23 December 1914 said:
Shep died after a short illness in November 1914. The ''New York Star'' reported the death, and said, "There was much sorrow expressed last week at the death of Shep, the Thanhouser dog, who had created a unique part for himself in moving picture work. For Shep was a dramatic actor and could register sorrow or joy with the ease of a great artist. He was known to thousands for his work upon the screen, and though he had many imitators few were even in his class."
Filmography
* ''With the Assistance of 'Shep (1913 short) * ''Shep, the Hero'' (1913 short) as Shep * ''Faithful Shep'' (1913 short) as Shep * ''Their Mutual Friend'' (1913 short) as Dick * ''Heartbroken Shep'' (1913 short) as Shep * ''Good Pals'' (1914 short) as Shep * ''Love's Old Dream'' (1914 short) * ''Sonny Jim at the North Pole'' (1914 short) as Shep * ''The Violin of M'sieur'' (1914 short) as Napoleon the dog * '' The Million Dollar Mystery'' (1914 film serial) * ''The Little Captain'' (1914 short) as Shep * ''A Dog's Good Deed'' (1914 short) as Shep * '' A Dog's Love'' (1914 short) as Shep * '' Shep's Race with Death'' (1914 short) as Shep * '' The Barrier of Flames'' (1914 short) as Shep * '' Shep the Sentinel'' (1915 short) as Shep (posthumously released)See also
*List of individual dogs
The following is a list of individual dogs.
Actors
Advertising
* Alex the dog, Banjo, portrayed Carlos, an Irish Setter-Golden Retriever mix and star of Stroh Brewery Company, Stroh's beer advertising in the 1980s. Also mentioned in the 1 ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shep 1914 animal deaths Dog actors Thanhouser Company