Francis McDonald (Pierre), Heinie Conklin (Windy), Jose de la Cruz (Pedro), Peter Rigas (Manuel), "Caesar", the wonder dog ("Lobo"), Tom London (sheriff).
Director: HERMAN C. RAYMAKER. Story: Jackson Richards. Photography: Pliny Goodfriend. Music: Oscar Potoker. Music supervised by Abe Meyer, directed by Sam Wineland. Production manager: Louis Rantz. Sound recording: W.C. Smith. Associate producer: Charles Hunt. Producer: Bennie F. Zeidman.
Copyright 27 November 1932 by Bennie F. Zeidman Productions, Ltd. New York opening at the Gaiety: 1 December 1932. U.S. release through World Wide Pictures. 7 reels. 64 minutes.
TV title: CALL OF THE WILDERNESS.
COMMENT: Despite his prominence in the credits, Conklin's part in the print under review has been reduced to a ten-second appearance in the film's very last shot! Still, to judge from Mordaunt Hall's notice in The New York Times, the human actors always did take a very back seat to the animals. Fortunately, these scenes are quite well photographed, briskly directed, and scored with music of a quaint, primitive appeal. And the dog is by far the best I've seen! However, there's not much left of Jackson Richard's original story.
Mr Raymaker made a career out of directing "Rin-Tin-Tin" (see The Night Cry with Heinie Conklin cast again in a small part). The only other sound film I have for Raymaker is Adventure Girl (1934). Previous to this movie, he directed a silent version of Zane Grey's Under the Tonto Rim for Paramount, released early in 1928.
Copyright 27 November 1932 by Bennie F. Zeidman Productions, Ltd. New York opening at the Gaiety: 1 December 1932. U.S. release through World Wide Pictures. 7 reels. 64 minutes.
TV title: CALL OF THE WILDERNESS.
COMMENT: Despite his prominence in the credits, Conklin's part in the print under review has been reduced to a ten-second appearance in the film's very last shot! Still, to judge from Mordaunt Hall's notice in The New York Times, the human actors always did take a very back seat to the animals. Fortunately, these scenes are quite well photographed, briskly directed, and scored with music of a quaint, primitive appeal. And the dog is by far the best I've seen! However, there's not much left of Jackson Richard's original story.
Mr Raymaker made a career out of directing "Rin-Tin-Tin" (see The Night Cry with Heinie Conklin cast again in a small part). The only other sound film I have for Raymaker is Adventure Girl (1934). Previous to this movie, he directed a silent version of Zane Grey's Under the Tonto Rim for Paramount, released early in 1928.