Born on a battlefield in France during World War I and rescued by a U.S. soldier named Lee Duncan, a terrified German shepherd puppy would become the most famous dog in the world. Named Rin Tin Tin, ...

Here's the short version: America's most famous dog was an immigrant, born 93 years ago in France, and discovered when he was just days old by an American GI fighting in World War I. He was named ...

A staff writer for “The New Yorker” magazine since 1992, Susan Orlean is the author of many excellent books including “The Orchid Thief,” which was made into the award-winning film “Adaptation.” It ...

Rin Tin Tin died in 1932. It was reported that he died with his head in the lap of actress Jean Harlow, which isn’t a bad way to go, but it was much less dramatic and simpler, according to Duncan’s ...

Rin Tin Tin, a dog rescued from a World War I battlefield in France, became a famous animal star and hero for generations of children. Susan Orlean, author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend," ...

There have been some incredible dogs in movie history, and here are the best of the good boys and girls who have worked in ...

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has set up a movie built around Rin Tin Tin, the venerable German Shepherd that once was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy in the 1920s, and appeared as the hero ...

Long before Lassie was routinely performing super-canine acts of bravery, there was Rin-Tin-Tin routinely performing super-canine acts of bravery. In a career that spanned silent and sound movies, ...

The very mention of the name Rin Tin Tin evokes in most people the image of a strong, intelligent, heroic German Shepherd dog. The original Rin Tin Tin starred in 30 movies and his direct genetic ...

Born on a battlefield in France during World War I and rescued by a U.S. soldier named Lee Duncan, a terrified German shepherd puppy would become the most famous dog in the world. Named Rin Tin Tin, ...

He believed the dog was immortal. “There will always be a Rin Tin Tin,” Lee Duncan said, time and time again, to reporters, to visitors, to fan magazines, to neighbours, to family, to friends. At ...