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62 Picture Show Annual toughest fights in screen history for recognition and, eventually, stardom. When he started appearing before the camera everybody scoffed at the idea that a dog could ever become a real star—that is, a universal audience magnet. Rinty, however, persevered like the old soldier he is, and after many weary months of patient work he amply justified Lee Duncan's faith in him. He proved to a sceptical world that dogs could act. To-day he earns the salary of the President of the U.S.A.—and he's worth it, affirm his employers, the Warner Brothers. He is said to bring more money into the box-office than many other stars whose names are as well known as his to the picturegoers. Many other dogs since then have proved their power to act better than most human beings, but it is remarkable that only Rinty has succeeded in becoming a world-wide audience magnet. Other screen dogs come mostly under the heading of " featured players,'' which means that their names alone are not considered powerful enough to attract people into a cinema. Perhaps the best-known of this class is Strongheart, a big husky, who is said to have exceptional ability in dramatic roles. Strongheart is one of the veterans in the film game, having been a recognised performer for several years, and appeared in more pictures than any othei dog. His most recent appearances have been in Hal Roach comedies. Like many human veterans of the dramatic screen, including such artistes as Theda Bara, Creighton Hale, and William V. Mong, Strong- heart succumbed to the idea born in the Sennett studios for bigger and better comedies. Strongheart only gets 500 dollars a week now—when he's working. He isn't under a long contract like Rinty. Experts in American film circles are agreed that the brightest candidate for canine stardom at the present time is Pete, the Universal dog, who as " Tige " con- tributes quite fifty per cent, of the fun to the Buster Brown comedies. Pete comes of old Thespian stock, his father being Pal, who has the distinction of having been the first dog to be called " the screen's wonder dog." Harry Lucenay, his master, saw Pal right through his career, and has recently sent him into honourable retire- ment. Pal has an unappeasable appetite for pork, which proves he comes of pure Gentile stock. He is eking out the remainder of his days on that delectable dish, pork and beans. Meanwhile, young Pete, although he is too young to be earning a grown-up's salary, is following hard in his father's footsteps. Ranger, a cham- pion's son, with Lotus Thompson in his first picture, " Flashing Fangs."