The Call of the Savage

The Call of the Savage
Directed by Lew Landers
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 1935
1956
Running time 12 chapters (231 min)
Country  United States
Language English

The Call of the Savage (1935) is a Universal movie serial based on the story Jan of the Jungle by Otis Adelbert Kline.

Contents

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

  1. Shipwrecked
  2. Captured by Cannibals
  3. Stampeding Death
  4. Terrors of the Jungle
  5. The Plunge of Peril
  6. Thundering Waters
  7. The Hidden Monster
  8. Jungle Treachery
  9. The Avenging Fire God
  10. Descending Doom
  11. The Dragon Strikes
  12. The Pit of Flame

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut. "6. Jungle "Look Out The Elephants Are Coming!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. pp. 132. ISBN 9780713000979. 
  2. ^ Cline, William C.. "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. pp. 11. ISBN 078640471X. 
  3. ^ Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. pp. 212. ISBN 078640471X. 

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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)