Rin Tin Tin - Cimetière des Chiens, Asnières-sur-Seine, France - Animal Memorials on Waymarking.com

[FR] Le caporal avait adopté deux chiens qu'il avait nommé Nénette et Rintintin en référence à deux poupées fétiches que lui avaient offerts deux enfants pendant la première guerre mondiale2. S'avérant un animal exceptionnellement habile, le chien se produisit dans divers spectacles, puis dans une série de trente westerns produits par la Warner Bros, dont le premier sortit sur les écrans en 1923. Rintintin y interprétait le rôle d'un chien de l'armée américaine, prodigieusement intelligent et assurant souvent le succès des missions. Le Rintintin original mourut en 1932, à l'âge de 16 ans (ou 15 ans, l'engagement de l'armée américaine en Europe ne datant que de 1917) et son propriétaire le fit rapatrier en France et enterrer au cimetière des Chiens à Asnières-sur-Seine, en banlieue parisienne. D'autres chiens interprétèrent ensuite le rôle.

[EN] The first of the line (c. September 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932) was one of a litter of shell-shocked pups found by American serviceman Lee Duncan in a bombed-out dog kennel in Lorraine, then part of the German Empire, less than two months before the end of World War I. When Duncan found him on September 15, he was only 5 days old and nursing. The two pups from the litter that Duncan kept were named for finger puppets called Rintintin and Nénette that French children gave to the American soldiers as good luck charms. Duncan returned to the USA with them at war's end. Rin Tin Tin settled at his home in Los Angeles, California, though Nénette had earlier died. Rin Tin Tin was a dark sable color and had very dark eyes.

Nicknamed Rinty by his owner, the dog learned tricks and could leap great heights. He was filmed making an 11-foot leap at a dog show by Duncan's acquaintance Charles Jones, who had just developed a slow-motion camera. Seeing his dog being filmed, Duncan became convinced Rin Tin Tin could become the next Strongheart. He later wrote, "I was so excited over the motion-picture idea that I found myself thinking of it night and day."

The dog's big break came when he stepped in for a recalcitrant wolf in The Man From Hell's River (1922). Rin Tin Tin would be cast as a wolf or wolf-hybrid many times in his career, though he did not look like one.

His first starring role was in Where the North Begins (1923), playing alongside silent screen actress Claire Adams. This film was a huge success and has often been credited with saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy. It was followed by Shadows of the North (1923), The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924), Clash of the Wolves (1925), The Night Cry (1926), A Dog of the Regiment (1927), Tracked by the Police (1927) and Tiger Rose (1929).

Legend indicates that Rin Tin Tin was nominated for Best Actor at the first Academy Award competition in 1929 however Emil Jannings actually won the Best Actor award for The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. Although primarily a star of silent films, Rin Tin Tin did appear in four sound features, including the 12-part Mascot Studios chapter-play The Lightning Warrior (1931), co-starring with Frankie Darro.

Warner Bros. got thousands of requests for pictures of Rinty, which were signed with a paw print and a line written by Duncan: "Most faithfully, Rin Tin Tin."

Following Rin Tin Tin's death in August 1932 in Los Angeles (in the arms of actress Jean Harlow, according to Hollywood legend), his owner arranged to have the dog returned to his country of birth for burial in the Cimetière des Chiens, the renowned pet cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine. He was 13 years old.

In the United States, his death set off a national response. Regular programming was interrupted by a news bulletin. An hour long program about Rin Tin Tin played the next day.

"Rin Tin Tin" was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1623 Vine St. in 1963.

Greta Garbo, W.K. Kellogg, and Jean Harlow each owned one of Rin Tin Tin's descendants.

In New York City, New York, Mayor Jimmy Walker gave Rin Tin Tin a key to the city.

Type of Memorial: other Type of Animal: service, work animal

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