The Sea Wolf (1930 film)
| The Sea Wolf | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Santell |
| Screenplay by | S. N. Behrman Ralph Block |
| Based on | The Sea-Wolf 1904 novel by Jack London |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Milton Sills Jane Keithley Raymond Hackett Mitchell Harris Nat Pendleton John Rogers |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Sea Wolf is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by S. N. Behrman and Ralph Block. The film stars Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton, and John Rogers. It is based on the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. The film was released on September 21, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2] This was the final film starring Sills, released posthumously just one week after his sudden death at age 48.[3]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (January 2024) |
Cast
[edit]- Milton Sills as 'Wolf' Larsen
- Jane Keithley as Lorna Marsh
- Raymond Hackett as Allen Rand
- Mitchell Harris as 'Death' Larsen
- Nat Pendleton as Smoke
- John Rogers as Mugridge
- Harold Kinney as Leach
- Sam Allen as Neilson
- Harry Tenbrook as Axel Johnson
Bear of Oakland
[edit]The large barkentine rigged museum ship, Bear, moored in Oakland, starred as the sealer Macedonia in the film.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Sea Wolf (1930) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ "The Sea Wolf". Afi.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ "Movie Review - - MILTON SILLS'S LAST FILM.; He Gave Incisive Performance in "The Sea Wolf" at Hippodrome". The New York Times. October 6, 1930. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ Burroughs, Polly (1970). The Great Ice Ship Bear: Eighty-Nine Years in Polar Seas. Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 104.
External links
[edit]- The Sea Wolf at IMDb
- The Sea Wolf at the TCM Movie Database
- The Sea Wolf at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- London, Jack, The Sea-Wolf, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, illustrated with stills from the 1930 film, on the Internet Archive
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