Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the article, "Rin-Tin-Tin Rival to Make 'Talkies'." Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1929: A12. Monee, a 3-year-old German shepherd, demonstrates her tricks at the Roosevelt Hotel (probably) in Hollywood, here she sits on a desk, looking at herself in a mirror. She wears a scarf and glasses, also a cigarette hangs out of her mouth. The dog, knowing 300 commands and signals, came to Hollywood to make her debut in the talkies. Handwritten on negative: Monee Text from negative sleeve: Dogs, Monee.
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