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    Laurence Trimble, today remembered more for Strongheart, reportedly got his first film gig for his Rough Collie (or Scotch Collie at the time) simply by being in the right place at the right time. He’d actually come to Vitagraph Studios in New York to write an article on movie making, but ended up offering his…

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    It’s important to remember when we talk about the first dog movie star that he wasn’t only the first in the canine world. Catapulted into fame in 1905, Blair was already famous before the first human film star, Florence Lawrence, appeared in her debut motion picture in 1906. Blair, a Collie, was the first movie…

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    Page under construction! The title links will take you to Amazon movie pages (Reel Dogs earns a referral fee at no cost to you) or, for rarer titles, alternative sources for the films. Lassie * Year: 2005 * Country: France/Ireland/UK/US * Breed content: High Very few remakes are just as good as the original while…