Back to God's Country is a 1919 Canadian drama film directed by David Hartford.She changed the protagonist of the film from a great dane to the female lead, Dolores.Curwood was infuriated with Shipman, but commercially the film was extremely successful, posting a 300 percent profit and grossing a million-and-a-half dollars.[3][4] Back to God's Country was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[5] The film has been re-made twice by Hollywood, but the original version was believed to have been lost.