Tundra (1936 film)

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Tundra
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Directed by Norman Dawn
Written by Charles F. Royal
Norton S. Parker
Norman Dawn
Produced by Bennett Cohen
Norman Dawn
Ashton Dearholt
George W. Stout
Starring Merrill McCormick
Frank Baker
Earl Dwire
Cinematography Edward A. Kull
Jacob Kull
Norman Dawn
Edited byThomas Neff
Walter Thompson
Music by Arthur Kay
Hugo Riesenfeld
Production
company
Burroughs-Tarzan Pictures
Distributed byBurroughs-Tarzan Pictures
Release date
  • August 25, 1936 (1936-08-25)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tundra is a 1936 American 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. 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 . [2]

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