The Call of the Savage | |
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Directed by | Lew Landers |
Produced by |
Milton Gatzert Henry MacRae |
Written by |
Basil Dickey Nate Gatzert George H. Plympton |
Starring |
Noah Beery Jr. Dorothy Short Harry Woods Bryant Washburn |
Cinematography |
William Sickner Richard Fryer |
Editing by |
Irving Applebaum Saul A. Goodkind Alvin Todd Edward Todd |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) |
1935 1956 |
Running time | 12 chapters (231 min) |
Country | [[|]] |
Language | English |
The Call of the Savage (1935) is a Universal serial based on the story Jan of the Jungle by Otis Adelbert Kline. It was directed by Lew Landers and released by Universal Pictures.
Plot[]
Two teams of scientists scour the dark jungles of Africa to find a secret formula.
Production[]
Call of the Savage features "Jan, the Jungle Boy" and was based on "Jan of the Jungle" by Otis Adelbert Kline, a successful pulp story which rivalled the Tarzan series.[1][2]
In 1956 material from this serial was edited into a 70-minute film called Savage Fury.
Chapter titles[]
- Shipwrecked
- Captured by Cannibals
- Stampeding Death
- Terrors of the Jungle
- The Plunge of Peril
- Thundering Waters
- The Hidden Monster
- Jungle Treachery
- The Avenging Fire God
- Descending Doom
- The Dragon Strikes
- The Pit of Flame
Source:[3]
See also[]
- List of American films of 1935
- List of film serials by year
- List of film serials by studio
References[]
- ↑ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "6. Jungle "Look Out The Elephants Are Coming!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 132. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
- ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 11. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 212. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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Preceded by Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) |
Universal Serial The Call of the Savage (1935) |
Succeeded by The Roaring West (1935) |
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