Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
(1927) American
B&W : Eight reels / 1992.17 metres
Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast: Kru [the Lao tribesman], Chantui [Chantui, his wife], Nah [Nah, son and heir to the House of Kru], Ladah [Ladah, their daughter], Bimbo the monkey

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Intertitles by Achmed Abdullah. / Premiere 29 April 1927 in New York, New York. General release 3 September 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama-documentary.

Synopsis: Asian family fights jungle animals for survival.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Keywords: Animals: Elephants, Monkeys - Thailand

Listing updated: 23 February 2006.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Baer-Film p. 44; Basten-Technicolor p. 50; Everson-American pp. 235-236; Gallagher-Ford p. 220; Shipman-Cinema p. 96 : ClasIm-204 p. 3 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.