''The Yellow Dog'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by Colin Campbell and starring

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, and Clara Horton.

Cast

Promotion

Promotion on the film began before production started. Movie theaters distributed material promoting the Anti-Yellow Dog Clubs, groups designed for schoolboys to call out Americans not acting with sufficient patriotism that had originally been inspired by the story that this film adapts.''Between Free Speech and Propaganda: :Denaturing the Political in the Early American Movie Industry''
dissertation By John D. Steinmetz, June 2016, p. 161

Reception

Mae Tinée in the Chicago Tribune said "There's such a big idea behind 'The Yellow Dog,' that it's rather a pity the picture is not a more complete and masterly thing than it is." The ''Evening Express'' (Los Angeles) said that it had a "terrific climax" and that the "subtitles are gems of 'punch' and patriotism".

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Colin Campbell American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub