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Wikipedia article




'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.

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.

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

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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




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