Brownie the Wonder Dog
Brownie the Wonder Dog was a 1920s dog actor that appeared in several American silent films, including Brownie's Little Venus (1921). He was signed under Century Film Company. Brownie was a Bull Terrier–Fox Terrier crossbreed. Between 1926 and 1927 Jean d'Agraives and E. Nicolson created a comic strip in France, based on the film series, named Les Aventures du Chien Brownie. Career Brownie was signed with a long-term contract with their trainer. During the starting point of being property for Century Films, the studio was in need of someone who could work with their canine actor, with the goal of making a duo centered on a series of comedies. Through newspaper accounts by The Philadelphia Inquirer, there were found reports of auditions being made to find a proper partner for Brownie. The qualifications Century Films searched for was an actor that needed to be someone that was close to his size, and looked for children that had possessed spontaneity, coordination, the ability to take directions and be under three years old. He was partnered up with their selected child, named Diana Serra Cary, who popularly became known as Baby Peggy after they debuted together for the first time in a