While watching the canine-centered action-adventure "The Call of the Wild" (in theaters Friday), we couldn't help but wonder: Why is the star dog Buck a lumbering St. Bernard mix and instead of ...

Dog lovers, meet an adorable pup coming to the big screen in February: Buck from "The Call of the Wild." Adapted from the literary classic, the film tells the story of a big-hearted dog whose ...

Doesn't work.• I read years ago Clark Gable, star of original 1935 Call of the Wild, felt sorry for Buck, film's real dog. Buck was forced to drag heavy loads, take after take, till exhaustion.

Though The Call of the Wild is about dogs, this same heartlessness is vividly depicted in the book. Buck was based on a dog named Jack. While up north, London became friends with the brothers ...

Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.

Dog lovers, meet an adorable pup coming to the big screen in February: Buck from "The Call of the Wild." Adapted from the literary classic, the film tells the story of a big-hearted dog whose ...

The Call of the Wild catapulted author Jack London to literary fame. The book follows a dog named Buck who’s forced from his cushy life in California to the Klondike Gold Rush, where he adapts ...