Another German Shepherd that sneaks into our list of the most famous dogs in history. His celebrity in the world of television is mainly due to his participation in more than 20 films, his television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin being the most successful work, and for which he reached levels of fame never before seen in a dog. of the television industry.
Rin Tin Tin in fact has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with his paw print impregnated, and there is a legend that he was voted for an Oscar in 1929. Three years later this memorable canid would die, leaving an indelible memory in recent history.
Everyone thinks that Lassie was the first famous dog in Hollywood, but after the First World War a German shepherd named Rin Tin Tin already starred in more than twenty movies, although his fame came from television and 166 chapters converted into a "cult series" for several generations of children.
The German shepherd of the 101 Cavalry Regiment of the United States who, together with Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters, Sergeant Biff O'hara and Corporal Rusty, starred in more than twenty Western movies.
The story of Rin Tin Tin begins in September 1918 in France during the First World War. In an abandoned town, soldier Lee Duncan meets two German shepherd puppies, Rinty and Nanette, who will accompany him until the end of the war. During this time the animals learn a large number of skills so that when Duncan returns to the United States, his German shepherds star in more than twenty films from 1922, although for Rin Tin Tin true fame will come between 1954 and 1959 hand in hand of the ABC network.
The television series "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" was designed for children and consisted of 166 episodes plotted around the always attractive conquest of the West, with all the paraphernalia of good and bad, Indians, outlaws and always with the 101 Cavalry Regiment and its components as a link in charge of imparting justice in that Far West.
Along with Rin Tin Tin was Corporal Rusty, an orphan after an incursion by rebel Indians who, rescued by soldiers, lives in Fort Apache a "military childhood" as a cornet with his four-legged friend, taking part in all the adventures and performances. in which his regiment is involved.
Between 1959 and 1964 the CBS network was in charge of repeating "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin", repetitions that began again in 1976 and lasted well into the eighties, episodes that at that time were combined with comics, books , trading cards, etc., turning "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" into a headline series.
It goes without saying that several generations of children grew up admiring a brave and determined dog and wanting to be Corporal Rusty, although in their childish minds they could not understand how that intelligent German shepherd could remain so jovial and agile after so many years. . Later we learned that the first Rin Tin Tin died in 1932 and that throughout history, as happened with Lassie, there were several generations -up to four- but by then we were already adults.
