The Call of the Savage

The Call of the Savage

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
Edited by	Irving Applebaum Saul A. Goodkind Alvin Todd Edward Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	1935 (1935)
Running time	12 chapters (231 min)
Country	United States
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]

References

↑ 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. p. 11. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 212. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

The Call of the Savage at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)	Universal Serial The Call of the Savage (1935)	Succeeded by The Roaring West (1935)

Films directed by Lew Landers

The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
The Red Rider (1934)
Tailspin Tommy (1934)
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
The Call of the Savage (1935)
The Raven (1935)
Stormy (1935)
Night Waitress (1936)
Border Cafe (1937)
Danger Patrol (1937)
Flight from Glory (1937)
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
Condemned Women (1938)
Law of the Underworld (1938)
Blind Alibi (1938)
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Double Danger (1938)
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
Fixer Dugan (1939)
Ski Patrol (1940)
Wagons Westward (1940)
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
Girl from Havana (1940)
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
The Singing Hill (1941)
Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Atlantic Convoy (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
Power of the Press (1943)
After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Cowboy Canteen (1944)
Swing in the Saddle (1944)
Black Arrow (1944)
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
Crime, Inc. (1945)
The Enchanted Forest (1945)
Follow That Woman (1945)
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
Hot Cargo (1946)
The Truth About Murder (1946)
Danger Street (1947)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Inner Sanctum (1948)
Jungle Manhunt (1951)
The Magic Carpet (1951)
Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1952)
Arctic Flight (1952)
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
California Conquest (1952)
Man in the Dark (1953)
Tangier Incident (1953)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
Hot Rod Gang (1958)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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