Because writing is so solitary - it's such a private enterprise. you feel less isolated in the course of writing. On Twitter (Orlean tweets as think for me Twitter is the equivalent of working in an office and having those casual conversations that make. It was generally three dogs who played the part." He was a character played by a multitude of dogs. In the 1950s, Rin Tin Tin had become an idea. "Rin Tin Tin in the 1920s was a dog who became an actor and appeared in movies, performing roles. On Rin Tin Tin being played by multiple dogs in the 1950s They were many times carrying supplies out into a field so that any soldiers who were injured and able to help themselves in some way were able to get the supplies from the dogs - or if they were dying, they could have the companionship of a dog as they were in their last moments."īook Reviews 'Rin Tin Tin': The Dog Who Never Died After a battle had ended, dogs that were trained for this purpose were released onto a battlefield to quickly identify to the medics which of the bodies still had life in them. But the academy, according to the story, believed that this new idea of handing out these Oscars could possibly be damaged by the first Best Actor being a dog even though everyone loved Rin Tin Tin." He was that popular and he was that seriously regarded as an actor. It was the first year the Oscars were being given out. "The story was that was in line to get the first Best Actor award. and that Rin Tin Tin was a real dog, rescued from a World War I battlefield by Lee Duncan, an American doughboy who devoted his life to training and promoting that dog and others that bore the Rin Tin Tin legacy. What many of us didn't know - until our next guest, writer Susan Orlean, told us - is that Rin Tin Tin, the TV star, was a reincarnation of an even bigger movie star who had dominated the silent screen in the 1920s, and nearly won an Oscar for best actor.
In 1954, Rin Tin Tin was such a big star, he was "interviewed" by a writer for The New Yorker, who noted that he turned up his nose at roast beef and drank milk from a champagne glass. If you're a baby boomer, you might remember the old TV Series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, about a German Shepherd and a boy named Rusty who lived with a cavalry troop in the American West. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend is now out in paperback. This interview originally aired on Fresh Air on Jan. In this undated photo, one Rin Tin Tin enjoys a luxury dinner in his Chicago hotel suite. By the 1950s, Rin Tin Tin was played by three dogs, who often traveled around the country making public appearances.
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