''Tundra'' is a 1936

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directed by

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and featuring

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and

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. Originally the film was backed by

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, but it was dropped when

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lost control of the studio. Production and distribution was then taken over by the

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Burroughs-Tarzan Pictures. Seven months of

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took place in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. Footage from the film was later re-used for the 1949

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release ''

Arctic Fury ''Arctic Fury'' is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Norman Dawn and Fred R. Feitshans Jr. and written by Charles F. Royal, Norton S. Parker, Robert Libott and Frank Burt. The film stars Alfred Delcambre, Eve Miller, Gloria Petroff, Da ...

''.Gevinson, Alan. ''Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960''. University of California Press, 1997. p. 51. .

Cast

*Alfred Delcambre as Dr. Jason Barlow *

as Mack - The Trapper *Jack Santos as Kuyuk - Eskimo from Noonak *

as White Man from Noonak *

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

External links

* 1936 drama films American drama films Films directed by Norman Dawn American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-US-film-stub