Clash of the Wolves
(1925)
74 mins | Western | 28 November 1925
Cast:
Rin-Tin-Tin, Nanette, Charles Farrell [ More ]Director:
Noel Mason SmithWriter:
Charles A. LogueCinematographers:
Alan Thompson, E. B. DuparEditor:
Clarence KolsterProduction Designers:
Lewis Geib, Esdras HartleyProduction Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.Herman Raymaker was initially attached to direct the film, with a cast including Dolores Costello, Don Alvarado, and June Marlowe, according to the 30 May 1925 Motion Picture News. On 14 June 1925, Film Daily announced that Noel Mason Smith had been signed to direct, and a different cast (with the exception of June Marlowe) was listed in the 18 July 1925 Exhibitors Herald, which named Charles Farrell, Charles Conklin (a.k.a. Heinie Conklin), William Walling and Robert Thurston as cast members. Filming began the week of 11 July 1925 at Warner Bros.' studio in Hollywood, CA, as noted in the 18 July 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review and 12 September 1925 Motion Picture News. The 1 August 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review reported that the company would soon travel to Victorville, CA, to shoot desert background scenes. The completion of filming was announced in the 28 August 1925 Film Daily.
Clash of the Wolves is considered one of the better films starring Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd born in a bomb-damaged kennel in France during World War I. His rescuer and trainer, Corporal Lee Duncan, named him after a popular French good-luck-charm doll called "Rintintin."
For many years this film was available only on 16mm, but in 2003 a 35mm nitrate print was found in South Africa and restored by the American Film Institute. Clash of the Wolves was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 23 February 2008, and on 16 April 2023 at the TCM Classic Film Festival, which celebrated Warner Brothers' centennial in Hollywood, CA.
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Herman Raymaker was initially attached to direct the film, with a cast including Dolores Costello, Don Alvarado, and June Marlowe, according to the 30 May 1925 Motion Picture News. On 14 June 1925, Film Daily announced that Noel Mason Smith had been signed to direct, and a different cast (with the exception of June Marlowe) was listed in the 18 July 1925 Exhibitors Herald, which named Charles Farrell, Charles Conklin (a.k.a. Heinie Conklin), William Walling and Robert Thurston as cast members. Filming began the week of 11 July 1925 at Warner Bros.' studio in Hollywood, CA, as noted in the 18 July 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review and 12 September 1925 Motion Picture News. The 1 August 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review reported that the company would soon travel to Victorville, CA, to shoot desert background scenes. The completion of filming was announced in the 28 August 1925 Film Daily.
Clash of the Wolves is considered one of the better films starring Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd born in a bomb-damaged kennel in France during World War I. His rescuer and trainer, Corporal Lee Duncan, named him after a popular French good-luck-charm doll called "Rintintin."
For many years this film was available only on 16mm, but in 2003 a 35mm nitrate print was found in South Africa and restored by the American Film Institute. Clash of the Wolves was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 23 February 2008, and on 16 April 2023 at the TCM Classic Film Festival, which celebrated Warner Brothers' centennial in Hollywood, CA.
Mid July 1925--Late August 1925
Lobo, half dog and half wolf, is the leader of a wolf pack, and the ranchers have put a price on his head. David Weston, a young borax prospector, befriends him after removing a thorn from his paw. Dave and his sweetheart, May Barstowe, disguise Lobo with beard and boots. He repays his new master's kindness by defending him against the attacks of chemist Borax Horton, who covets Dave's claim and sweetheart. When Horton attacks Dave again and leaves him for dead, Lobo takes a message from Dave to May. On the way, he successfully evades a posse that is hunting him and at the same time decoys it to Dave. Lobo kills Horton, and the ranchers learn that Lobo is man's friend. Dave and May get married, and Lobo settles down with ...
Lobo, half dog and half wolf, is the leader of a wolf pack, and the ranchers have put a price on his head. David Weston, a young borax prospector, befriends him after removing a thorn from his paw. Dave and his sweetheart, May Barstowe, disguise Lobo with beard and boots. He repays his new master's kindness by defending him against the attacks of chemist Borax Horton, who covets Dave's claim and sweetheart. When Horton attacks Dave again and leaves him for dead, Lobo takes a message from Dave to May. On the way, he successfully evades a posse that is hunting him and at the same time decoys it to Dave. Lobo kills Horton, and the ranchers learn that Lobo is man's friend. Dave and May get married, and Lobo settles down with them.
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