This was one of the films Clark Gable was in between "It Happened One Night" and "Mutiny on the Bounty". Today it's remembered mainly for what happened between Gable and Loretta Young off camera.
This is a very loose adaptation of the Jack London book, but you expected that going in. Much of it was filmed at Mt. Baker (in January!) and those scenes are wonderful to look at- especially the scenes filmed on the Nooksack River. The actors do a great job considering how cold it was. Plus we now get the original 1935 release version as opposed to the reissue version which is a whopping 14 minutes shorter-Katherine DeMille finally gets her moment. I found the film entertaining but I do wish they had stayed with the original ending instead of going with that silly "happy ending". I won't go into the details except to say that the original ending does explain some of the dialogue and character reactions we get in the last 30 minutes. We have the preview audience to blame for that.
This is a very loose adaptation of the Jack London book, but you expected that going in. Much of it was filmed at Mt. Baker (in January!) and those scenes are wonderful to look at- especially the scenes filmed on the Nooksack River. The actors do a great job considering how cold it was. Plus we now get the original 1935 release version as opposed to the reissue version which is a whopping 14 minutes shorter-Katherine DeMille finally gets her moment. I found the film entertaining but I do wish they had stayed with the original ending instead of going with that silly "happy ending". I won't go into the details except to say that the original ending does explain some of the dialogue and character reactions we get in the last 30 minutes. We have the preview audience to blame for that.