Call of the Wild
Directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and Jack Oakie, the adventure film follows one prospector along with his dog on the journey to search for gold mines
27 June 1886, Arizona, USA
4 July 1886, New York City, New York, USA
1 October 1897, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
October 3, 1888 in Santa Ana, California, USA
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14 December 1864, Detroit, Michigan, USA
5 August 1887, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
February 28, 1891 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK
28 April 1874, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
14 October 1890, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
20 July 1884, Knox County, Texas, USA
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August 28, 1886 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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30 March 1889, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
26 May 1893, Solomonsville, Arizona, USA
November 30, 1900 in Los Angeles, California, USA
26 January 1891, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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December 10, 2013
Jack London's The Call of the Wild has been a difficult book to adapt to film, but this William Wellman-directed entry is still the best. It's probably one of the more interesting films from the first half of the '30s.
