A cowboy, a wonder dog, and a surprise baby walk into a silent Western...
The dog, Rex, finds the baby abandoned in the mountains. Unfortunately, the nearest town has no orphanage and rough cowboy and wonder-dog owner Bruce is forced to care for the infant himself.
Practical Effects
Rex the wonder dog doing actual trained stunts, no CGI nonsense.
Production
Mountain location shooting in 1925 — they really went there.
Director
John P. McCarthy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a 'lost film' — no complete print is known to survive, though fragments may exist in private collections.
Rex was a genuine 1920s canine star, essentially the Lassie of the silent era for Westerns.
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