While London Sleeps (1926)
Melodrama | 27 November 1926
The Var review and copyright records credited H. P. Bretherton with the film's direction; however, other reviews and news items published during production stated that Walter Morosco wrote and directed this film.
While London Sleeps was announced in a 28 Apr 1926 Var as an upcoming starring vehicle for the famed German shepherd, Rin Tin Tin, to be based on a story by Darryl Francis Zanuck . Although the 15 May 1926 Motion Picture News also named Zanuck as the story writer, his name was not mentioned in later news items, which credited Walter Morosco as the sole writer. Filming began the week of 18 Sep 1926, according to that day’s Motion Picture News. The 30 Oct 1926 issue reported that production was completed the previous week. Shooting took place at the Warner Bros. Pictures studio lot in Hollywood, CA, where four street sets, including four-story buildings and “complete with pavements, shops, and all their furnishings,” were fashioned after the streets of London, England.
The film was released on 27 Nov 1926. A review in the Jan 1927 issue of Educational Screen complained that it was “without a redeeming feature” and called it “an insult to Rin-Tin-Tin,” while other reviews were more positive.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019. ...
The Var review and copyright records credited H. P. Bretherton with the film's direction; however, other reviews and news items published during production stated that Walter Morosco wrote and directed this film.
While London Sleeps was announced in a 28 Apr 1926 Var as an upcoming starring vehicle for the famed German shepherd, Rin Tin Tin, to be based on a story by Darryl Francis Zanuck . Although the 15 May 1926 Motion Picture News also named Zanuck as the story writer, his name was not mentioned in later news items, which credited Walter Morosco as the sole writer. Filming began the week of 18 Sep 1926, according to that day’s Motion Picture News. The 30 Oct 1926 issue reported that production was completed the previous week. Shooting took place at the Warner Bros. Pictures studio lot in Hollywood, CA, where four street sets, including four-story buildings and “complete with pavements, shops, and all their furnishings,” were fashioned after the streets of London, England.
The film was released on 27 Nov 1926. A review in the Jan 1927 issue of Educational Screen complained that it was “without a redeeming feature” and called it “an insult to Rin-Tin-Tin,” while other reviews were more positive.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019.
Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard concentrates all his forces on the capture of London Letter, a notorious criminal leader in the Limehouse district who possesses both Rinty, a splendid dog, and a man-beast monster that ravages and kills at his master's command. Burke almost apprehends the gang in the midst of an attempted theft, but Rinty's uncanny perceptions foil Burke's coup, and Foster is killed for betraying the gang. When Rinty loses in a fight against another dog, Burke's daughter, Dale, rescues Rinty from London Letter's abuse, and he becomes devoted to his new mistress. At the criminal's order, the monster kidnaps Dale and imprisons her. Burke and his men wound London Letter while on his trail, and Rinty finds him dying. In a ferocious battle Rinty kills the ...
Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard concentrates all his forces on the capture of London Letter, a notorious criminal leader in the Limehouse district who possesses both Rinty, a splendid dog, and a man-beast monster that ravages and kills at his master's command. Burke almost apprehends the gang in the midst of an attempted theft, but Rinty's uncanny perceptions foil Burke's coup, and Foster is killed for betraying the gang. When Rinty loses in a fight against another dog, Burke's daughter, Dale, rescues Rinty from London Letter's abuse, and he becomes devoted to his new mistress. At the criminal's order, the monster kidnaps Dale and imprisons her. Burke and his men wound London Letter while on his trail, and Rinty finds him dying. In a ferocious battle Rinty kills the monster.
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