Rescued by Rover
Rescued by Rover is a 1905 British short silent drama film, directed by Cecil Hepworth, about a dog who leads its master to his kidnapped baby, which was the first to feature the Hepworths family dog Blair in a starring role following the release, the dog became a household name and he is considered to be the first dog film star. The film, which according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, marks a key stage in the mediums development from an amusing novelty to the seventh art, and, possibly the only point in film history when British cinema unquestionably led the world, was an advance in filming techniques, editing, production and story telling.
The film opens with Rover, a collie playing with a child in front of a fireplace. Later that day, the baby is taken out in a pram by her nurse. The nurse refuses to aid a beggar woman, and is then distracted upon meeting a soldier. While talking to the soldier, she pays no attention to the baby, and the beggar woman approaches from behind and snatches the sleeping child.In the next scene, the nurse confesses to the mother that the child has been lost. Rover, also sitting in the room, listens before jumping through the window and racing down the street, going around a corner and across a river. The dog makes its way to a slum and barges through each and every door he finds the right one and enters. In an attic, the beggar woman is removing the clothing from the child the dog enters and is driven off by the beggar. ........
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