The Yellow Dog (1918 film) explained

The Yellow Dog is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Arthur Hoyt, Antrim Short, and Clara Horton.^[2]

Promotion

Promotion on the film began before production started. Movie theaters distributed material promoting the Anti-Yellow Dog Clubs, groups designed for schoolboys to call out Americans not acting with sufficient patriotism that had originally been inspired by the story that this film adapts.^[3]

Reception

Mae Tinée in the Chicago Tribune said "There's such a big idea behind 'The Yellow Dog,' that it's rather a pity the picture is not a more complete and masterly thing than it is."^[4] The Evening Express (Los Angeles) said that it had a "terrific climax" and that the "subtitles are gems of 'punch' and patriotism".^[5]

Bibliography

• Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

Notes and References

1. News: Los Angeles Evening Express. September 3, 1918. Schwab Figures in Yellow Dog.
2. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 66
3. https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/20449/Steinmetz_oregon_0171A_11531.pdf?sequence=1. Between Free Speech and Propaganda: :Denaturing the Political in the Early American Movie Industry
4. News: Chicago Daily Tribune. Has a Big Idea and Will Appeal to the Children. November 7, 1918. 14.
5. News: Los Agenles Evening Express. Schwab Figures in Yellow Dog. September 3, 1918. 6.