Hollywood Dogs

By J. C. Suartes

Book Overview

Celebrates the greatest cinematic canines, including Rin Tin Tin, Lassie and Toto, and the four-legged co-stars of classics such as The Hound of Baskervilles, Call of the Wild, Patton and The Thin Man. This collection also captures screen stars in portraits with their friends, such as Joan Crawford with her poodle, the Three Stoges and a favourite Dalmatian, Laurel and Hardy with a cocker spaniel, and Elvis Presley with the original hound dog.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002552493
• ISBN13: 9780002552493
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Collins Pub San Francisco
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Here?s the Scoop!

If you like Hollywood and you like dogs, this is the book for you! J.C. Suares has compiled a wonderful little photo book (78 pages) of mostly "old" Hollywood actors in various poses with canine friends and thespians. The earliest photo is a 1920's shot of the Little Rascals with pit bull mix, "Pete the Pup" (Suares informs us that the circle around the eye was drawn), and the most recent is James Belushi in 1989's "K-9."While a few shots are candids (e.g., a fabulous picture of Gable petting an Irish Setter on the set in 1931; Bogart with his Scottish Terriers), most are publicity stills or shots from movies. These include Shirley Temple (and mutt) in "The Stowaway," William Powell, Myrna Loy and-of course-ASTA in "After the Thin Man." Katherine Hepburn with English Springer Spaniels in "A Bill of Divorcement," and, perhaps most famously, Judy Garland with Toto (a Cairn Terrier).The pictures are in glorious black and white. Even without the dogs, this is an enjoyable book: There are almost iconic-looking photos of Ava Gardner, Jean Harlow, Elvis Presley (with a hound dog), Roddy McDowall, and Elizabeth Taylor, to name a few. Photos are captioned and there is a 4-page introduction by the author. Worth looking for!