Details

Release year: 1925

Storyline

SPOILERS: Too tender rearing makes a timid youth of Bob Henley, architectural student. He and Jack Fenton are rivals for the love of Mary Blake. War comes and Bob goes to France, his dog Thunder accompanying a Red Cross unit. Bob "finds himself" and develops courage. Thunder goes over the top and rescues him when Bob is wounded while trying to explode a mine. The dog completes the job. Bob returns home a hero. Finding that Fenton has attempted to double-cross him, he thrashes him and wins Mary.

Top credits

Directors

Renaud Hoffman

Writers

Cast

Thunder the Dog — Thunder
George Hackathorne — Bob Henley
Marjorie Daw — Mary Blake
Mary Carr — Mrs. Henley

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Did you know

• Bob's unit, by the shoulder patches seen, is the U.S. Army's 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division. As of 2025 it is still an active infantry division of the U.S. Army.

• By the written order seen, Bob was awarded the French War Cross, also known as the Croix de Guerre. Thunder appears to have been given a much higher award - the Legion of Honor medal, which is the highest national order of merit, both civilian and military.

• According to an end note, "This digital reconstruction of "His Master's Voice" was created from a tinted and toned nitrate print from the Oregon Historical Society Gene Stoller Collection. Due to film loss, a bridging title was created in the style of the originals."