by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Released June 24, 1917, A Dog Catcher's Love was one of the last of the Mack Sennett comedies to be released under the Keystone brand; within four months, the producer would dissolve Keystone and reorganize under the imprimatur of Mack Sennett Productions. The dog catcher of the title is arrow-narrow Slim Summerville, and his "love" is pert Peggy Pearce. Alas, Summerville's rival is handsome bow-wow fancier Glen Cavender, whose luck with women borders on the fantastic. But when Peggy is kidnapped by foreign spies, it is Summerville and his faithful hound Teddy (a top Keystone star in his own right) who gallop to the rescue. A genuine battleship and submarine are brought into play during the film's slapstick-orgy finale.
