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The Call of the Wild (S)

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Original title

The Call of the Wild

Year

1908

Running time

16 min.

Country

United States

Director

D.W. Griffith

Screenwriter

D.W. Griffith. Novel: Jack London

Cast

Cinematography

Arthur Marvin (B&W)

Producer

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Genre

Drama. Action | Short Film. Silent Film. Origins of Film. Racism

Synopsis

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by Lieut. Penrose, an Indian agent, the civilized brave meets Gladys, the lieutenant's daughter, and falls desperately in love with her. You may be sure he is indignantly repulsed by Gladys and ordered from the house for his presumption by her father. With pique he leaves, and we next find him in his own room, crushed and disappointed, for he realizes the truth: "Good enough as a hero, but not as a husband." What was the use of his struggle? As he reasons, his long suppressed nature asserts itself and he hears the call of the wild: "Out there is your sphere, on the boundless plains, careless and free, among your kind and kin, where all is truth." Here he sits; this nostalgic fever growing more intense every second, until in a fury he tears off the conventional clothes he wears, donning in...

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The Call of the Wild (S)

1908

D.W. Griffith

4.6

(31)