Who is Rin Tin Tin?
Rin Tin Tin is possibly the most famous German shepherd dog in the world. He rose from obscurity in World War I Europe to become an international star of American movies and TV. The original Rin-Tin-Tin made 26 motion pictures with Warner Brothers Studios between 1922 and 1932. His descendants have made many more movies, as well as a 1950s TV show. The bloodline continues today, with hundreds of progeny, but only ten special dogs have been officially named Rin Tin Tin. On 10 September 1918, a United States soldier named Lee Duncan found the original Rin-Tin-Tin as a newborn puppy in Lorraine, France. His combat unit stumbled upon a litter of pups and a mother dog in a bombed out building, and decided to rescue them. Duncan picked out one of the male puppies, and named him RinTinTin, after a popular French puppet.
