| Call Her Savage | |
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| Directed by | John Francis Dillon |
| Written by | Tiffany Thayer (novel) Edwin J. Burke |
| Produced by | Sam E. Rork |
| Starring | Clara Bow Gilbert Roland |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Harold D. Schuster |
| Music by | Peter Brunelli Arthur Lange |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | November 24, 1932 |
Running time | 82-92 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Call Her Savage (1932) is a Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow.[1] The film was Bow's second-to-last film role.
The film was restored in 2012 by the Museum of Modern Art and premiered at the third annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood.[2]
Plot summary
A wild young woman, born and raised in Texas, rebels against the man she believes to be her father. Moving to Chicago, she marries badly, loses her child in a boardinghouse fire, is nearly forced to become a prostitute, and is renounced by her father, who tells her he never wishes to see her again. Upon learning that her mother is dying, she hurries home to Texas. There she learns that she is a so-called "half-breed," half white and half Indian. This knowledge allows her the possibility for happiness in the arms of a handsome young Indian who has long loved her from afar.
Cast
- Clara Bow as Nasa Springer
- Gilbert Roland as Moonglow
- Thelma Todd as Sunny De Lane
- Monroe Owsley as Lawrence Crosby
- Estelle Taylor as Ruth Springer
- Weldon Heyburn as Ronasa
- Willard Robertson as Pete Springer
- Anthony Jowitt as Jay Randall
- Fred Kohler as Silas Jennings
- Russell Simpson as Old Man In Wagon Train
- Margaret Livingston as Molly
- Carl Stockdale as Mort
- Dorothy Peterson as Silas' Wife
- Marilyn Knowlden as Ruth (as a girl)
- Douglas Haig (uncredited) as Pete as a Boy[3]
Notes
This is a film that is about the status of women in the 1920's and racism against American Indians. The film is really a prologue to modern feminism and the centers on the humanity of Native Americans, hence the title of the film.
Excerpt in The Celluloid Closet
In the documentary film The Celluloid Closet, an exerpt of Call Her Savage shows Nasa in the back of a taxicab, with a man who says "You wanted to go slumming, so I'm taking you to a place in the Village that's pretty rough", followed by a shot of the pair entering a gay bar.
References
- ^ Mordaunt Hall (1932-11-25). "Clara Bow as a Termagant in a Film of a Novel by Tiffany Thayer -- The Night Mayor". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ TCM
- ^ Alan Gevinson, ed. (1997). American Film Institute Catalog. University of California Press.
External links
- Call Her Savage at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Call Her Savage at the TCM Movie Database
- Call Her Savage at IMDb
- Call Her Savage at AllMovie
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