Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Albert Van Antwerp
- French Frank
- (as Albert van Antwerp)
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- TriviaThe earliest documented telecasts of this film took place in New York City and Washington DC Saturday 17 April 1948 on WNBT (Channel 4) and WBBW (Channel 4), followed by Philadelphia Sunday 10 October 1948 on WCAU (Channel 10), by Boston Saturday 1 January 1949 on WBZ (Channel 4), by St. Louis and Buffalo Friday 21 January 1949 on KSD (Channel 5) and WBEN (Channel 4), by Los Angeles Tuesday 8 March 1949 on KNBH (Channel 4), and by Chicago Sunday 12 February 1950 on WNBQ (Channel 5).
- Crazy creditsOpening credits listed in turned pages of a book.
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Even Susan Can't Save It!
In his brief 40 years on Earth, author Jack London managed to cram as much adventure and incident as would seem possible. This 90-minute film, purportedly a biography of the man's life but patently fictionalized, doesn't even scratch the surface, and remains a story very ripe for a modern-day retelling. Here, Michael O'Shea, in one of his first roles, portrays London, and his performance is both rugged and sympathetic. He is not the problem here. Nor is a young and very beautiful Susan Hayward, playing his future wife, Charmian, whose biography on London is the "basis" for this film. London's life has here been broken down into a series of episodes, which the film skips lightly through. So we have brief incidents with London as an oyster pirate, a sealer in the Bering Sea, a gold prospector in the Yukon and a correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War...colorful events, for sure, but hardly given anything like in-depth treatment. And Alfred Santell's direction (he also directed one of Susan's first films, "Our Leading Citizen," in 1939) is lackadaisical at best. Making things rougher here is a very poor-quality DVD, with a crummy-looking print source and hissy sound. Perhaps the best thing about this movie rental, for me, was one of the DVD's extras: a catalog of all the Alpha Video films, featuring hundreds and hundreds of full-color movie posters. Let's just hope that these films are in better shape than "Jack London"!
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- ferbs54
- Dec 5, 2007
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- Also known as
- The Adventures of Jack London
- Filming locations
- Belden, California, USA(Belden Falls)
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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