Novel
Depois de anos vivendo como um cachorro de estimação na casa de uma família na Califórnia, Buck precisa entrar em contato com os seus instintos mais selvagens para conseguir sobreviver em um ambiente hostil como o Alaska. Com o tempo, seu lado feroz se desenvolve e ele se torna o grande líder de sua matilha. Baseado no livro homônimo de Jack London, lançado em 1903.
Novel
Old guilt, forgiveness and a new love. After 20 years in the French Foreign Legion, Martin returns to his Czech hometown. As soon as he arrives, he learns that his mother has died in his absence. Martin realizes that while in the military he learned to survive in any dangerous situation, but not how to cope with the complexities of human emotions and relationships. When he meets the deputy mayor's clever daughter Sara, he falls passionately in love and happiness seems to be within reach. But then his past catches up with him ...
Novel
O escritor Martin Eden entra em conflito com a burguesia. Encarando o novo, ele se apaixona e descobre como autores são vistos na sociedade aristocrática, enquanto se questiona sobre sua própria natureza como criador.
Author
Os aclamados irmãos Joel e Ethan Coen idealizam uma antologia faroeste em seis segmentos focada na fronteira americana. Acompanhando de foras da lei, a colonizadores, até todo tipo de personalidade do velho oeste, essa série de histórias vai desde profundas reflexões até o mais completo absurdo.
Novel
Movido pela curiosidade, um leal cão-lobo embarca em uma grande aventura na companhia de três donos muito diferentes.
Story
Story
To celebrate Jack London's 100th death anniversary, director Fx Goby adapted his famous novel, "To Build a Fire", tragic tale of a trapper and his dog in the freezing Yukon, into an animated short film.
Writer
Subienkow is in mortal danger. The fort he and his fellow fur thieves have erected in the snow is in flames - attacked by the very tribe they enslaved to build it - now only he and Big Ivan remain. As Ivan is tortured before him Subienkow must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him. He calls over the chief, Makamuk, and begins to bargain...
Story
A mad scientist repeatedly kills and resurrects his own son. Based on the story by Jack London.
Story
The relationship of hatred and obsession by a farmer for his neighbor, which will force him to take strong action. Based on the eponymous story by Jack London, "Moon Face".
Writer
Based on three short stories by American writer Jack London, Burning Daylight follows the lives of three thieves, three Wall Street bankers and a Klondike millionaire, tied together by one ruthless woman
Story
Baseado no best seller O Chamado da Selva, de Jack London, este longa metragem reúne um elenco de astros bastante conhecidos do público brasileiro para narrar a história de uma menina que, após encontrar um lobo ferido, passa a cuidar do animal até sua plena recuperação. Neste meio tempo, contudo, desenvolve uma forte amizade com a criatura, vivendo grandes aventuras com ele, mas, ao mesmo tempo, atraindo a atenção de um estranho que visita sua cidade.
Writer
A man is traveling through the great North American wilderness, in temperatures of seventy degrees below zero, with only his dog for a companion. As he crosses a frozen stream, a misstep puts his foot through the ice. He knows he must find a way to build a fire to warm himself, or face death. Frenzy and desperation take over, challenging all attempts to survive..
Novel
Nikolai Petrovich comes to St. Petersburg to organize a revolution against the oligarchy.
Novel
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.
Novel
Thrown overboard while conducting an environmental investigation, Humphrey Van Weyden is as good as dead. But before he can meet his watery doom, he is plucked up by the crew of the freighter "The Ghost". The ship's formidable captain, Wolf Larsen, sees a challenge in Humphrey; to turn this over educated idealist into a man of action like himself. Larsen succeeds in changing Humphrey's life, but in the process sacrifices himself to the same rage and instability that makes him such a powerful figure. In a gripping final confrontation, Humphrey must stop Wolf from destroying everything around him as he battles his own mortality. Based on the classic novel by Jack London.
Novel
A mixed group of adventurers searches for Esperanza, a legendary gold treasure, in the Yukon territory in this Jack London-based tale.
Adaptation
Uma antiga profecia indígena conduz Caninos Brancos e seu dono, Henry Casey para a missão de salvar uma pacífica tribo. Mas quando Henry e sua companheira, uma bonita garota índia, são envolvidos nas garras do perigo, cabe a Caninos Brancos salvá-los e assim, cumprir a lenda. Um filme com a tradição Disney, que fala de uma antiga lenda numa terra de mistérios, com imagens fantásticas. Feito para todos aqueles que sentem falta de uma aventura selvagem.
Novel
A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
Book
Tirano capitão de barco salva, em alto mar, os dois únicos sobreviventes de um naufrágio, o aristocrata Humphrey e a bela Flaxen. Decidido a não se tornar escravo do lobo do mar, Humphrey lidera uma revolta à bordo. Baseado no clássico de Jack London.
Story
A short animated film, adapted from the Jack London story "Moon-Face."
Writer
Novel
White Fang, part wold and part dog, is born in the wild where he spends his early months before becoming Grey Beaver's loyal and trusted dog. When the Indian is unable to trade his furs, he reluctantly accepts gold pieces from Beauty Smith in exchange for White Fang. Smith is an evil man who cages and torments White Fang so as to transform him into a hateful, fighting dog. Smith travels the Yukon staging dog fight and making substantial sums of money from White Fang's victories. After a particularly brutal fight in which White Fang is severely injured by a ferocious bull dog, an animal lover, Weedon Scott, stops the fight and carries White Fang off. White Fang recovers and becomes the Scott family pet.
Novel
No começo do século, depois da morte de seu pai, o jovem Jack (Ethan Hawke, de "Antes do Amanhecer") vai para o Alasca em busca do ouro que ele havia encontrado. Para atravessar o gelado território e achar o lugar, ele precisa da ajuda do experiente Alex Larson (Klaus Maria Brandauer, de "Mephisto"). Na dura jornada, enfrentam a neve, as perigosas montanhas e principalmente os lobos. Mas Jack faz também um novo amigo - Caninos Brancos, um lobo mestiço de cachorro que assim como ele luta para sobreviver.
Novel
Story
White Fang is born on the planes of Alaska to a wolf father and a half-wolf, half-dog mother. One day he and his mother run into an Alaskan inuit boy Mit-sah, who has long dreamed of a dog of his own, and by a marvellous twist of fate, the wolves are taken in by him and his father. But life in Alaska is harsh for humans and wolves alike, and as winter comes, hardships lie in waiting for White Fang and Mit-sah. Facing the extreme coldness of their habitat and that of humans' greedy hearts, the two journey towards what they hope to be a happier environment.
Theatre Play
Theft takes place in Washington, DC. Howard Knox is a well-intentioned Congressman crusading for reform. He is scheduled to make a speech in which he will expose the corrupt activities of an industrial magnate and his congressional stooges. The wealthy capitalist in question, Anthony Starkweather, along with his son-in-law and political puppet, Senator Thomas Chalmers, will do everything in their power to foil Knox's great speech and publicly disgrace him. To complicate matters, Margaret Chalmers, wife of Senator Chalmers and daughter of Starkweather, forms a friendship with Knox and begins to sympathize with his cause.
Original Story
Buck is a half German Shepard half Saint Bernard whose life is peaceful and happy living with the Millers in California. However, one day he is tricked and sold off. He ends up in the snowy North where he has become a sled dog during the Gold Rush. His story takes many twists and turns and he has to fight for his own survival.
Novel
Story
An unemployed engineer working as a driver at an oil company hears about a lost Inca treasure and goes in search of it.
Writer
Novel
A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get to the gold country.
Novel
A musical movie based on Jack London novels.
Novel
During the American Gold Rush era, an orphaned boy and his wild dog who must battle against the Yukon wilderness and human greed to help save a frontier town.
Story
The adventures of Kit Bellew and his friend Shorty during the gold fever at the end of the 19th century.
Novel
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
Story
Lee Marvin é um Hobo (vagabundo, desempregado) veterano, com grande instinto de sobrevivência, que se autointitula o "O Imperador do Polo Norte". Keith Carradine é um novato no mundo das caronas em trens, incapaz de parar de contar vantagem. Ernest Borgnine, o responsável pelo trem #19, que se gaba de nunca ter permitido que um mendigo pegasse uma carona em seu trem e está disposto a matar para garantir que as coisas continuem dessa forma. A vida dos três entra em conflito quando lutam pelo trem.
Novel
O vencedor do Oscar Charlton Heston interpreta John Thornton, um homem destemido que busca mais do que ouro; ele quer fazer o que é certo. Thornton trabalha para o correio dos EUA e é a única pessoa ousada e inteligente o suficiente para descobrir como viajar as mortais 600 milhas de Skagway para Dawson, no Alasca, no inverno gelado. Seu incrivel cachorro Buck está sempre ao seu lado e é parte da explicação de como Thornton sobrevive.
Novel
Adventure movie based on Jack London's novel "Son of the Wolf".
Short Story
Short Story
Short Story
Novel
Em busca de uma grande reportagem, uma jovem jornalista (Diana Rigg) põe em polvorosa uma organização de assassinos profissionais, envolvendo-se com o charmoso chefe da gangue (Oliver Reed).
Story
A man travels by foot in the snow with his dog.
Novel
Story
Short Story
Based on the short story by Jack London.
1910 year. Mexican patriots are preparing an uprising against the dictatorship of Diaz. Young Felipe Rivera joins the revolutionary junta, whose father and mother were shot by dictators. The hour of rebellion is near, but the heroes lack weapons. To get the necessary amount of money, Rivera decides to perform in the ring against Ward, America’s strongest boxer...
Novel
A boxer, in Mexico, sets out to avenge the murder of his family by using the money from his winnings to purchase weapons.
Novel
Western remake of Jack London's The Sea Wolf. A sadistic mining camp owner "hires" scoundrels to work the mine. He just won't let them quit.
Story
According to the story by Jack London. The history of the wild wolf, who picked up the boy and raised an Indian. After falling to the evil man - the owner of the bar, White Fang turned into a ferocious evil beast, coming out victorious from all the dog fights, which suited his enterprising owner. But once it strangled, snatched from the jaws of the bulldog engineer Weedon Scott. His kindness has transformed the beast.
Novel
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.
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Novel
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Story
Based upon the novel by Jack London, two friends in the Klondike aid settlers being terrorized by outlaws.
Story
Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's (Michael Whalen) farm.
Novel
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Story
The owner of an Alaskan gambling boat and her business partner help thwart a crooked businessman who attempts to steal claims from local miners.
Story
A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.
Novel
A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.
Novel
June Martin is a dishwasher in a California logging camp boarding house. Steve Blake fights Jed Malone for her and loses, thus casting suspicion on himself when Malone dies under cloudy circumstances.
Novel
Pat's ability as a logging/mining camp fighter sets him up to box prizefighter Corrigan. Unknown to his supporters, he's actually in collusion with Corrigan to throw the fight - until he runs into reporter Maude.
Novel
A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.
Novel
A journalist takes command of a ship after the crew mutiny against the brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London.
Story
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Novel
George, Ruth and Humphrey go for a boat ride with Wolf Larsen.
Story
A tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the guilty man.
Story
Patsy Ruth Miller stars as the romantic bone of contention between pearl divers Malcolm McGregor and Wallace MacDonald. When McGregor's brother is murdered, Miller is arrested for the crime. The actual killer, however, is MacDonald, who does an expert job covering his tracks.
Novel
Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. He journeys to San Francisco, makes three million dollars and loses it in San Francisco. He returns to Alaska and eventually finds his treasure.
Short Story
The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.
Novel
Captain "Wolf" Larsen, the absolute master of a seal schooner, is a mystic and philosopher, though he rules his men with an iron hand. On a ferry going from San Francisco to Oakland, Van Weyden, a critic, and Maud Brewster, a novelist, meet in masquerade costumes and are forced overboard when their boat collides with a steamer. Humphrey, then Maud, are picked up by Larsen's crew. Because of her costume, Maud is taken for a boy and placed in the custody of Mugridge, the cook, who attempts to attack her upon discovering her identity. Larsen takes her under his protection and decides to marry her; but as the ceremony begins, the crew mutinies, and Larsen is stricken with blindness as he faces the rebels. The ship is set afire, and though Humphrey and Maud are rescued by another steamer, Larsen, deserted by his crew, refuses to quit his ship and is enveloped in flames.
Short Story
Morganson's Finish was inspired by the Jack London story of the same name. The hero, Dick Gilbert is in love with wealthy Barbara Wesley but he is disgraced in her eyes through the underhanded machinations of his rival Dan Morganson.
Story
Alguns homens em busca de ouro encontram em Klondike uma rica jazida. Porém, um acontecimento inesperado e terrível quebra o curso lento e monótono de seus trabalhos: um dos trabalhadores, o irlandês Michael Davin mata dois de seus companheiros.
Story
Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
Novel
David Sheldon owns a plantation in the Solomon Islands. Many of his field hands die of blackwater fever, and then he becomes sick himself. Joan Lackland, a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. With the help of her Kanaka crew, she protects David from an attack by the natives who are led by Googomy. Joan nurses David back to health and becomes his business partner, protecting his mortgaged property from two avaricious moneylenders. Seeking vengeance, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.
Novel
A dog is stolen from his home in England and shipped to Canada to become a sled dog. Based on the novel by Jack London.
Novel
A young man is raised in the mountains by his prizefighter father. Although he possesses great strength and athletic skill, he is completely out of his league when it comes to women. He becomes a successful boxer in San Francisco and is given the name "The Abysmal Brute". When he rescues a drowning man, he meets a beautiful socialite named Maude Sangster and falls in love. His lack of social skills proves a hindrance when a rival suitor competes with him for Maude's affections.
Novel
Humphrey Van Weyden and Maud Brewster are rescued by a nearby ship when the ferry they're on is rammed and sinks. However, instead of dropping them off ashore, the ship's fearsome captain, the brutal Wolf Larsen, forces Humphrey to work as a cabin boy--and has other ideas for the pretty young Maud. (Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com)
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Novel
The Chechako is a 1914 adventure drama based on Jack London's Smoke Bellew
Novel
Elam Harnish, known as "Burning Daylight," is a leader among the men of Circle City, Alaska in the days before the gold rush. Nell, a dance hall girl, loves Harnish, though he has never offered her anything but friendship. Harnish's hunch that the big strike is coming soon proves true, and he throws himself into the frenzy of activity that follows, staking claims and eventually accumulating eleven million dollars. Harnish leaves Alaska for San Francisco without knowing that Nell has killed herself because of his departure. -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.
Story
Based on the short story "An Odyssey of the North" by Jack London in his The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North
Novel
A sad story about how a working-class man tries, and succeeds, to become a writer, but finds difficulty in fitting into that world.
Novel
The cruel captain of a schooner dominates the shipwreck victims he picks up.
Sailor
The cruel captain of a schooner dominates the shipwreck victims he picks up.
Novel
The young authoress had come to the edge of the desert for her mother's sake. There she met the two young prospectors and a romance began. But the men were about to go across the desert, where they had heard rumors of gold. They decided to play square and before going determined to let the coin decide who should ask the young authoress the all-important question. The flip of the coin decided the older should try his luck first. He learned the girl did not love him. But the other she promised to marry when he should return from the gold lands, and the care of her sick mother, who would then be restored to health, should no longer interfere with her happiness. The young partners soon reached the other side of the desert, where success came to them far beyond their expectations.
Story
An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering in her cave in mourning. The two new lovers form a connection, but Bruteforce separates the couple and sends Weakhands scrambling. In his cave, Weakhands thinks up the design of a stone club. With this equalizer, he soon vanquishes Bruteforce and wins Lillywhite back again-- An early step in human progress.
Novel
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by Lieut. Penrose, an Indian agent, the civilized brave meets Gladys, the lieutenant's daughter, and falls desperately in love with her.
