The Call of the Savage

The Call of the Savage
The Call of the Savage
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	Basil Dickey; Nate Gatzert; George H. Plympton
Produced by	Milton Gatzert; Henry MacRae
Starring	Noah Beery Jr.; Dorothy Short; Harry Woods; Bryant Washburn
Cinematography	William A. Sickner; Richard Fryer
Edited by	Irving Applebaum; Saul A. Goodkind; Alvin Todd; Edward Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	1935;
Running time	12 chapters (231 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Call of the Savage (1935) is a Universal film serial based on the story Jan of the Jungle by Otis Adelbert Kline. It was directed by Lew Landers and released by Universal Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Two teams of scientists scour the dark jungles of Africa to find a secret formula.

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

Cast

Noah Beery Jr. as Jan Trevor
Dorothy Short as Mona Andreas
Harry Woods as Borno
Bryant Washburn as Dr. Harry Trevor
Walter Meller as Dr. Frank Bracken
Fred MacKaye as Dr. Charles Phillips
John Davidson as Prince Samu
J. Frank Glendon as Speaker at conference
William Desmond as Allen
Grace Cunard as Mrs. Camerford Amster
Viva Tattersall as Georgia Trevor

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.^[3]^[4]

In 1956 material from this serial was edited into a 70-minute film called Savage Fury.^[5]

References

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 212. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Pitts, Michael R. (2019-01-10). Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1936. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7351-6.
^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "6. Jungle "Look Out The Elephants Are Coming!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 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.
^ Feature Films: A Directory of Feature Films on 16mm and Videotape Available for Rental, Sale, and Lease. R.R. Bowker Company. 1985. ISBN 978-0-8352-1929-7.

External links

The Call of the Savage at IMDb

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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[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 212. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Pitts, Michael R. (2019-01-10). Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1936. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7351-6.

[3] Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "6. Jungle "Look Out The Elephants Are Coming!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.

[4] Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 11. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[5] Feature Films: A Directory of Feature Films on 16mm and Videotape Available for Rental, Sale, and Lease. R.R. Bowker Company. 1985. ISBN 978-0-8352-1929-7.

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