Wolf Song
About Wolf Song
In 1840 Sam Lash goes west, joins mountain men, and traps in the Rockies. In Taos he meets Lola, from a rich Mexican family. They elope. He is then split between her and the wish to keep moving. Gary Cooper plays Sam. Lupe Vélez plays Lola. The story is by Harvey Fergusson.
Cast & crew
More about Wolf Song
Victor Fleming directed. Wikidata also lists Lucien Hubbard, who produced it. John Farrow and Keene Thompson wrote the script. Allen G. Siegler photographed it. Eda Warren edited it. Max Bergunker and Gerard Carbonara wrote music. It is a part-talkie: a few dialogue scenes, a synchronized score and effects on disc and on film, and some sung passages. It runs 80 minutes. Louis Wolheim, Constantine Romanoff, and Michael Vavitch are billed. A Commons file is titled The Wolf Song.
Themes
Look
Allen G. Siegler photographed the mountain trapping and the Taos scenes, including Cooper at the river.
Music
Max Bergunker and Gerard Carbonara wrote music for the synchronized score. A few scenes have dialogue and some have singing.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The English Wikipedia notes a shot of Cooper nearly nude, shaving and washing in a river.
- Russ Columbo and Guy Oliver are on the Wikidata cast.
- A 1929 MGM picture is not this Paramount film. The Commons title adds a The.
Scenes
- Sam meets Lola in Taos and they leave her family's house.
- Cooper shaves and washes in a river with almost no clothes on.
Influenced by
- Harvey Fergusson's story
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Wolf Song)
