Jan 3, 2010

White Fang | Related Titles/Adaptations

London intended White Fang to be a sequel to The Call of the Wild. In this earlier novel, Buck, a magnificent dog, is taken from civilization and sent north. Under the harsh conditions of trail life, he recovers his primitive instincts and eventually forsakes human society altogether.

White Fang was first adapted to film by R-C Pictures in 1925. In 1936, Twentieth Century Fox produced a romantic version of White Fang, starring Michael Whelan and Charles Winninger. A scenic and somewhat violent European version of White Fang was filmed in 1972,...