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The Lighthouse by the Sea

192460 minUnited States
Adventure

Synopsis

A shipwrecked young man and his dog find refuge with a lighthouse keeper and his daughter. Bootleggers plan to extinguish the light so they can land a cargo unseen. Captivity and sabotage leave the dog central to restoring the beacon and rescuing the people around it.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
59:48
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Warner Bros. · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsMalcolm St. ClairClarence Kolster

Behind the scenes

Malcolm St. Clair directs Rin Tin Tin in a melodrama that gives the animal the decisive rescues. His earlier experience with trained dogs in short comedies informed this feature-length adventure.

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