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The Far Call
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5313 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan

Cast: Charles Morton [Pal Loring], Leila Hyams [Hilda Larsen], Arthur Stone [Schmidt], Warren Hymer [‘Soup’ Brophy], Dan Wolheim [Black O’Neil], Stanley J. Sandford (Tiny Sandford) [Captain Storkerson], Ullrich Haupt [London Nick], Charles Middleton [Kris Larsen], Pat Hartigan [Lars Johannson], Charles Gorman [Haycox], Ivan Linow [Red Dunkirk], Harry Gripp [Pete], Sam Baker [Tubal], Bernard Siegel [the Aleut chief], Willie Fung [Wing], Frank Chew [Ling Fu], Randolph Scott [Helms]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Seton I. Miller, from an adaptation by Walter Woods of a story by Edison Marshall. Assistant director, William Tummel. Cinematography by Harold Rosson. Film editor, H.H. Caldwell. Intertitles written by H.H. Caldwell. Presented by William Fox. / Released 28 April 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version)? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: Bogdanovich-Dwan p. 85 : Website-IMDb.

 
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