Tundra (1936 film)

Tundra is a 1936 drama film directed by Norman Dawn and featuring Merrill McCormick, Frank Baker and Earl Dwire.[1] Originally the film was backed by Universal Pictures, but it was dropped when Carl Laemmle lost control of the studio. Production and distribution was then taken over by the independent Burroughs-Tarzan Pictures.[2] Seven months of location shooting took place in Alaska. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles Clague. Footage from the film was later re-used for the 1949 RKO release Arctic Fury.[3]

Tundra
Directed byNorman Dawn
Written byCharles F. Royal
Norton S. Parker
Norman Dawn
Produced byBennett Cohen
Norman Dawn
Ashton Dearholt
George W. Stout
StarringMerrill McCormick
Frank Baker
Earl Dwire
CinematographyEdward A. Kull
Jacob Kull
Norman Dawn
Edited byThomas Neff
Walter Thompson
Music byArthur Kay
Hugo Riesenfeld
Production
company
Burroughs-Tarzan Pictures
Distributed byBurroughs-Tarzan Pictures
Release date
August 25, 1936
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Alfred Delcambre as Dr. Jason Barlow
  • Merrill McCormick as Mack - The Trapper
  • Jack Santos as Kuyuk - Eskimo from Noonak
  • Frank Baker as White Man from Noonak
  • Earl Dwire as Trading Post Keeper
  • Wally Howes as Trapper
  • Elsie Duran as Sayuk's Mother
  • Bertha Maldanado as Sayuk - Eskimo Child
  • Frazer Acosta as Umnak- Sayuk's Father

References
  1. Bouse p.125
  2. Gevinson
  3. Gevinson p.51

Bibliography
  • Bouse, Derek. Wildlife Films. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
  • Gevinson, Alan . Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press, 1997.
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