Jack London was born in 1876 and adopted; didn't know his father; as a young man he was a hobo and a sailor; when he was 21 he went to Alaska for the Klondike Gold Rush where he developed scurvy. So we can assume that the content of his most famous novels, 'The Call of the Wild' and 'White Fang' are autobiographical to some extent. He was an animal activist and the dog fighting is extant in the novel. 'White Fang' has had several film adaptations, the first in 1925.
This is a fine version from Disney and features the same dog Jed (trained by Clint Rowe) who was in The Journey of Natty Gann, also written by Jeanne Rosenberg, here with Nick Thiel. Ethan Hawke, Maria Klaus Brandauer and Seymour Cassel lead the cast.
Photographed by Tony Pierce-Roberts in Alaska; edited by Lisa Day, music by Basil Poledouris.
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