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New York Times book review of “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend,” critic Jennifer Schuessler reported some odd facts about the movie dog: Rin Tin Tin was named as a co-respondent in the divorce between his master, Lee Duncan, and Duncan’s first wife, a socialite. (Did the dog take up too much room in the bed?)
The first Rin Tin Tin “wasn’t very friendly.”
The second Rin Tin Tin was “lazy and stupid” and once slept through the burglary of the house where he was staying. (Rinty was good at jumping 12 feet and diving through a plate-glass window – guard dog actrivity was not part of his job description.)
The author, Susan Orlean, met several people with odd ideas, including a Peruvian who thought he was Rin Tin Tin reincarnated (presumably housebroken) and the Texas dog breeder who said she was Rin Tin Tin (but never demonstrated that by licking her own genitals).
“Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.” Robertson Davies
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