''The Call of the Savage'' (1935) is a

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film serial based on the story ''Jan of the Jungle'' by

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. It was directed by

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and released by

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Plot

Two teams of scientists scour the dark jungles of Africa to find a secret formula.

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

Cast

* Noah Beery Jr. as Jan Trevor *

Dorothy Short Dorothy Short (June 29, 1915 – June 4, 1963) was an American film actress, mainly in low-budget Westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Philadelphia, Short was the daughter of Mrs. E. M. Short. She began working in films fo ...

as Mona Andreas * Harry Woods as Borno *

Bryant Washburn Franklin Bryant Washburn III (April 28, 1889 – April 30, 1963) was an American actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He attend ...

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 *

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as Mrs. Camerford Amster *

Viva Tattersall Viva Tattersall (1898–1989) was the stage name of British stage and film actress, playwright and sculptor, Vera Tattersall, who settled in the United States. Early life Tattersall was one of five girls born in London to Hugh Tattersall, a sea ...

as Georgia Trevor

Production

''Call of the Savage'' features "Jan, the Jungle Boy" and was based on "Jan of the Jungle" by

, a successful pulp story which rivalled the

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

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