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Rex, also known as Rex the Wonder Horse and King of the Wild Horses, was a 16 hands (64 in; 1.63 m) Morgan stallion who starred in films and film serials in the 1920s and 30s. His trainer was Jack "Swede" Lindell, who found him in a boys' school in Golden, Colorado.〔Morgan Horse Register, volumes 4 & 5〕 He found that Rex had the unusual behaviour of trying to bite a whip when it was cracked. Lindell encouraged this and would often stand behind the camera to get a dramatic shot on film. Lindell never left Rex alone on set unless he was locked in his own trailer.〔''In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase: Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door''; Witney, William; 1995; McFarland & Company Inc.; ISBN 0-7864-2258-0〕 During filming of ''The Law of the Wild'' Rex made a commotion on set. When he charged the camera (with Lindell behind it) as intended he did not stop when Lindell gave the signal to do so (by holding his whip in both hands). He reared, knocking over several reflectors and causing the cast and crew to scatter for cover. Rex chased one actor, Ernie Adams, who attempted to hide under a car. Rex dropped to his knees and attempted to bite Adams with his head thrust sideways underneath the car. Lindell managed to call Rex off by simply cracking the whip, after which the horse calmly walked over to him. When William Witney, working as an assistant director on the serial, made ''Stranger at My Door'' (1956) he described the event to trainer Glen Randall and the scene was recreated for that movie.〔 In one scene from ''No Man's Law'', Rex saves the modesty of a young woman (Barbara Kent) swimming in the nude from a pair of rowdy villains. Chasing one around in circles, rearing up and bucking like a wild mustang, until he finally runs him off of a cliff, he sneaks up behind the other and nudges him with his nose over the ledge and into the watering hole. He then nose prods the now-clothed young woman back to her father. ==Filmography== *''Black Cyclone'' (1925) *''The Devil Horse'' (1926) *''Wild Beauty'' (1927) *''No Man's Land'' (1927) *''No Man's Law'' (1927) *''The Harvest of Hate'' (1929) *''Hoofbeats of Vengeance'' (1929) *''The Law of the Wild'' (1934) *''The King of the Wild Horses'' (1934) *''Stormy Actor'' (1935) *''Black Stallion'' or ''King of the Sierras'' (1938) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rex (horse)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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