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The Call of the Wild

190815 minUnited States
Adventure

Synopsis

A Native American graduate returns from an eastern boarding school and declares his love for an officer's daughter. Her family's rejection drives him away from the society that had celebrated his achievements and into a conflict shaped by racial prejudice.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
14:12
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D.W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

Despite its title, the film does not adapt Jack London's novel. Its melodrama reflects racial stereotypes of early American westerns, including the assumptions behind its depiction of assimilation and rejection.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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