According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this was the least expensive movie to produce. It cost $37.40.
The film was so successful that the company had to make two shot-by-shot remakes to compensate for the negatives wearing out.
The eight-month old child was Barbara Hepworth and naturally, her distraught parents were played by Hepworth and his wife.
The hero, Rover, was the family pet, Blair.
Rover is a shepherd dog, of the Rough Collie breed.