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.

The Call of the Savage

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.

The Call of the Savage

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

The Call of the Savage

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

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See also

List of American films of 1935

List of film serials by year

List of film serials by studio

References

External links

1935 films

1930s fantasy adventure films

American black-and-white films

Films based on short fiction

Universal Pictures film serials

Films directed by Lew Landers

American fantasy adventure films

1930s English-language films

Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton

Films set in Africa

Films set in jungles

1930s American films