Rinty of the Desert

Rinty of the Desert
Rinty of the Desert
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	D. Ross Lederman
Written by	Harvey Gates; James A. Starr (titles)
Story by	Frank Steele
Starring	Rin Tin Tin
Cinematography	Frank Kesson
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 21, 1928;
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized); (English Intertitles)
Budget	$66,000
Box office	$221,000

Rinty of the Desert is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman.^[2] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. This film is presumed to be lost.^[3]^[4]^[5] According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $164,000 domestically and $57,000 foreign.^[1]

Cast

Rin Tin Tin as Rinty
Audrey Ferris as June
Carroll Nye as Pat
Paul Panzer as Mike Doyle
Otto Hoffman as Pop Marlow

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ Hal Erickson (2014). "Rinty of the Desert". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ Rinty of the Desert at SilentEra
^ "Rinty of the Desert". Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
^ Rinty of the Desert at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1928