Elsie MacLeod and Raymond McKee want to canoodle and even get married, but mean old aunt Alice Washburn doesn't approve. It's a good thing that Shep is there to lend assistance in this clunkily titled but amusing short film from Edison.
Dogs had become movie stars at least as far back as 1905's RESCUED BY ROVER, a film which was copied so often the camera negative wore out and they had to reshoot it. It also spawned at least two sequels. By this point, most major studios had at least one dog star, including Vitagraph's Jean and Thanhouser's Shep (with whom the Shep in this film seems to have been confused in the IMDb credits).
The Shep of this film is a collie who runs errands, plays the piano (poorly) and locks Alice Washburn in the woodshed. People whose dogs have been housebroken but little more (like mine!) will be charmed.
To be charmed, go to the Eye Institute site on Youtube, where a copy has been posted.
Dogs had become movie stars at least as far back as 1905's RESCUED BY ROVER, a film which was copied so often the camera negative wore out and they had to reshoot it. It also spawned at least two sequels. By this point, most major studios had at least one dog star, including Vitagraph's Jean and Thanhouser's Shep (with whom the Shep in this film seems to have been confused in the IMDb credits).
The Shep of this film is a collie who runs errands, plays the piano (poorly) and locks Alice Washburn in the woodshed. People whose dogs have been housebroken but little more (like mine!) will be charmed.
To be charmed, go to the Eye Institute site on Youtube, where a copy has been posted.
