SD ~ RIN TIN TIN Mystery Cache
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This cache is part of the Snoopy series of puzzle and letterbox hybrid caches. The posted coordinates are fake, and the final coordinates are located in Plaistow. I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of the Snoopy series.
I remember watching the TV series and was intrigued by the story.
Original Rin Tin Tin 1926
Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s) was the name given to a dog adopted from a WWI battlefield that went on to star in twenty-three Hollywood films. The name was subsequently given to several related German Shepherd dogs featured in fictional stories on film, radio and television.
Origins
The first of the line (c. September 10, 1918 to August 10, 1932) was one of a litter of shell-shocked pups found by American serviceman Lee Duncan in a bombed-out dog kennel in Lorraine, France less than two months before the end of World War I. When Duncan found him on September 15, he was still blind and needed nursing.
The two pups from the litter that Duncan kept were named for woollen dolls called Rintintin and Nénette that French children gave to the American soldiers as good luck charms. Duncan returned to the USA with them at war's end. Rin Tin Tin settled at his home in Los Angeles, California, though Nénette had earlier died. Rin Tin Tin was a dark sable color and had very dark eyes.
Nicknamed Rinty by his owner, the dog learned tricks and could leap great heights. He was filmed making an 11-foot leap at a dog show by Duncan's acquaintance Charles Jones, who had just developed a slow-motion camera. Seeing his dog being filmed, Duncan became convinced Rin Tin Tin could become the next Strongheart, an early canine film star.
Films
The dog's big break came when he stepped in for a recalcitrant wolf in The Man From Hell's River (1922). Rin Tin Tin would be cast as a wolf or wolf-hybrid many times in his career, though he did not look like one.
His first starring role was in Where The North Begins (1923), playing alongside silent screen actress Claire Adams. This film was a huge success and has often been credited with saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy. It was followed by Shadows of the North (1923), Clash of the Wolves (1925), A Dog of the Regiment (1927), and Tiger Rose (1929).
The rumor alleging Rin Tin Tin won the most Best Actor votes at the first Academy Award competition in 1929 is nothing more than urban legend, since it is well documented that Emil Jannings actually won the Best Actor award for The Way of All Flesh (film) and The Last Command (1928 film) Although primarily a star of silent films, Rin Tin Tin did appear in four sound features including the 12-part Mascot Studios chapter-play The Lightning Warrior (1931), co-starring with Frankie Darro.
Warner Bros. got thousands of requests for pictures of Rinty which were signed with a paw print and a line written by Duncan: "Most faithfully, Rin Tin Tin."
Radio
Between 1930 and 1955, "Rin Tin Tin" was heard in three different radio series, beginning April 5, 1930 with The Wonder Dog, in which the original Rin Tin Tin did his own sound effects until his death in 1932, when Rin Tin Tin, Jr. took over. In September 1930 the title changed from The Wonder Dog to Rin Tin Tin. The final radio series featured Rin Tin Tin's adventures with the 101st Cavalry.
Death and Posthumous Recognition
Following Rin Tin Tin's death in August 1932 in Los Angeles (in the arms of actress Jean Harlow, according to Hollywood legend), his owner arranged to have the dog returned to his country of birth for burial in the Cimetière des Chiens, the renowned pet cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine. He was 13 years old. In the United States his death set off a national response. Regular programming was interrupted by a news bulletin.
Successor Rin Tin Tins
Rin Tin Tin, Jr. appeared in several short films in the 1930s. He starred with Rex the Wild Horse in the Mascot Pictures serials, The Law of the Wild (1934) and The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935). He voiced the part of Rinty in the radio shows produced during that era as well. Rinty was one of 48 pups born to his famous father; his mother was Champion Asta of Linwood also owned by Lee Duncan. Lee Duncan gave some of the original Rin Tin Tin's puppies, those from mate Nanette, to friends such as Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow and Will Keith Kellogg. Rin Tin Tin III starred alongside a young Robert Blake in 1947's The Return of Rin Tin Tin.
Television
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, an ABC television series, ran from October 1954 to May 1959. It featured Duncan's Rin Tin Tin IV as the lead dog, although some of the work was performed by a dog owned by Frank Barnes called J.R. and Duncan's Rin Tin Tin line dogs named Hey You and Rin Tin Tin II. This Rinty was far lighter in color than the original sable dog.
The authentic bloodline of Rin Tin Tin was not lost following the death of Lee Duncan on September 20, 1960. With his endorsement the bloodline continued in Texas with Jannettia Brodsgaard Propps, who had purchased several direct descendants from Duncan. Her granddaughter, Daphne Hereford, continued the lineage and the legacy of Rin Tin Tin following her grandmother's death on December 17, 1988. With Hereford's guidance the authentic bloodline of Rin Tin Tin continues through breeding of his offspring at El Rancho Rin Tin Tin in Latexo, Texas. The current Rin Tin Tin is twelfth in line from the original and makes personal appearances across the country to promote responsible pet ownership. The authentic Rin Tin Tin line dogs are also trained as service dogs to provide assistance to special needs children.
The cache can be found at: 42 51.531 71 05.994
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