4. Promoting Lassie: The Animal Star and Constructions of “Ideal” American Heroism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Wonder Dogs 1
5. Part One: Stars and Featured Players
6. 1. Answering a Growl: Roscoe Arbuckle’s Talented Canine Co-star, Luke 33
7. 2. The Dogs Who Saved Hollywood: Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin 54
8. 3. Asta the Screwball Dog: Hollywood’s Canine Sidekick 78
9. 4. Promoting Lassie: The Animal Star and Constructions of “Ideal” American Heroism 104
10. Part Two. Character and Supporting Actors
11. 5. Dogs at War: Military Dogs in Film 123
12. 6. Loaded Dogs: Dogs, Domesticity, and “the Wild” in Australian Cinema 143
13. 7. Bullies and Curs: Overlords and Underdogs in South African Cinema 158
14. 8. Things from Another World: Dogs, Aliens, and Antarctic Cinema 181
15. Part Three. Stock, Bits, and Extras
16. 9. Hitchcock’s Canine Uncanny 199
17. 10. The Dog at the Side of the Shot: Incongruous Dog (Canis familiaris) Behavior in Film 219
18. Afterword: Dogs at the Digital Divide 235
19. Works Cited 251
20. Notes on Contributors 261
21. Index 265