
Acting
Strongheart
Born 1917-10-01 · Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
Strongheart, the German shepherd who was a canine superstar of American cinema, was born and raised in Imperial Germany, where he was trained to be a police dog and assigned to the German military during World War I.
Acting credits
8.0David thinks he has killed a man during a fight over his dog, Strongheart, so he escapes to a small town far up north. The only girl living up there is an orphan, Sally, and David falls in love with her. Strongheart decides to search for love himself and lures Lady Jule, a female shepherd, away from a pack of timber wolves.
The Love Master
1924
NRThis special two-disc collection, presented in cooperation with the Library of Congress, celebrates cinema’s lesser-known dog stars with their most memorable features, shorts, and newsreel appearances (1898-1928). Films dated as early as 1898 offer satisfying simple glimpses of dogs at play, anticipating the adorable animal videos that would become social media phenomena more than a century later.
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
9.0Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
White Fang
1925
7.5During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed him, flees to the Northwoods. Wilbur's dog, North Star, runs away and is taken in by Noel Blake, a newspaper reporter. Receiving a letter from her brother, Marcia Gale sets out to find him, taking with her Dick Robbins, a false friend who sees an opportunity for blackmail...
North Star
1925
7.0Just out of jail and vowing to go straight, former jewel thief Boston Blackie, undertakes the reformation of a pretty blonde who has stolen a necklace from a cabaret dancer. He learns that the jewel belongs to the mother of the blonde girl, and the blonde's philandering father gave it as a gift to the cabaret girl. Now, Blackie must find a way to return the necklace to the owner's safe without arousing the suspicions of the girl's family.
The Return of Boston Blackie
1927
7.0A wolfdog is wrongly accused of sheep killing. Based on the novel by Hal G. Evarts.
The Silent Call
1921
8.0Brawn, played by Strongheart, rescues a young woman from a snowstorm and a human killer.
Brawn of the North
1922
Mr. and Mrs. Strongheart occupy the bridal suite in one of Manhattan's best hotels.
The Screen Almanac: Strongheart
1924