Short film

Shep, the Hero
1913 · 11 min
A gentle, simple early silent tale of a lost puppy and the children who find it, easy and sentimental to watch.
- Directed by
- Lawrence B. McGill
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Shep the Dog, Ethel Phillips, Paul Scardon
- Overview
- Lass and her six little puppies are lying near the kennel upon the suburban estate of Mr. Jameson, the wealthy New York broker. Mrs. Jameson, his wife, is walking about the estate accompanied by her six months' old baby and its nurse. She stops and speaks kindly to Lass and her little family. Picking up one of the little dogs, she playfully puts it in the carriage with the baby and petting the little animal, returns it to its mother. She continues upon her walk. This same little puppy strays away from its little brothers and sisters and reaching the railroad tracks, it wanders into the next village, where it is met by a crowd of youngsters that are gathered about the station. They playfully abuse the little animal.
- How it feels
- Warm, melancholic and earnest. Measured and fine in the background.
- About
- Survival, family, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Lawrence B. McGill
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Shep the Dog, Ethel Phillips, Paul Scardon

