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
26 January 1891, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
26 May 1893, Solomonsville, Arizona, USA
February 20, 1894 in Cleveland, Mississippi, USA
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27 June 1886, Arizona, USA
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14 December 1864, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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February 28, 1891 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK
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18 March 1887, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1 February 1901, Cadiz, Ohio, USA
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1 October 1897, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
20 July 1884, Knox County, Texas, USA
16 September 1875, Indianapolis, Indiana, 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.
