Clark Gable in Jack London's Call Of The Wild (Region One USA DVD)
by William Wellman
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DVD Cover Information
Director: William WellmanPrimary Contributor: Clark Gable
Primary Contributor: Loretta Young
Primary Contributor: Jack Oakie
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Running Time: 81 unknown-units
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Clark Gable in Jack London's Call Of The Wild (Region One USA DVD)
Movie Review: Not much to do with Jack London, but still entertaining
Summary: 3 Stars
Sadly this DVD of William Wellman's 1935 version of The Call of the Wild is only the cut (by some 14 minutes) wartime reissue version rather than the original. Any resemblance to anything written by Jack London is purely coincidental: it's set in the Yukon, and there's a dog called Buck in it who has to pull a thousand pound weight in one scene for a bet, but that's about it. But this Buck is a huge St Bernard and he's only a bit player in a gold rush romp tailored for Clark Gable - but then at the height of his popularity, audiences would probably have burned the theatres to the ground if he'd played second fiddle to a hound. More famous for Gable and co-star Loretta Young emerging from the snowed-in on-location shoot with an illegitimate child, it's an enjoyable enough yarn even in the abridged reissue cut that now seems to be the only version surviving, although it shamefully throws away Reginald Owen's excellent villain, who deserves a much better exit than he gets here.
A decent extras package includes an audio commentary by Darwin Porter; stills gallery, restoration comparison, reissue trailer, and trailers for The Tall Men and Soldier of Fortune.
Summary of Clark Gable in Jack London's Call Of The Wild (Region One USA DVD)
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