The Sea Beast (1926)
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- 2h 16min
- Action, Adventure
- 15 Jan 1926 (USA)
- Movie
This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the harpooners, bearing many scars of failed attacks. Can...
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Cast
| John Barrymore | ... |
Captain Ahab Ceeley
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| Dolores Costello | ... |
Esther Harper
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| George O'Hara | ... |
Derek Ceeley
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| Mike Donlin | ... |
Flask
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Sam Baker | ... |
Queequeeq
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| George Berrell | ... |
Perth
(as George Burrell)
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| Sam Allen | ... |
Captain
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| Frank Nelson | ... |
Stubbs
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| Mathilde Comont | ... |
Mula
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| James O. Barrows | ... |
Rev. Harper
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Vadim Uraneff | ... |
Pip
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| Sôjin Kamiyama | ... |
Fedallah
(as Sojin)
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| Frank Hagney | ... |
Daggoo
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| Joyzelle Joyner | ... |
Dancer in prologue
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Leonora Summers | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Millard Webb | ||
Written by
| Herman Melville | ... | (novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale") |
| Bess Meredyth | ... | (adaptation) |
| Rupert Hughes | ... | (titles) (uncredited) |
| Jack Wagner | ... | () (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Byron Haskin | ||
| Frank Kesson | ||
Editing by
| Rupert Hughes | ... | (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| George Webster | ... | assistant director |
Stunts
| Gordon Carveth | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Duke Green | ... | stunt double: John Barrymore (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Bert Lynch | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
| Robert H. Wagner | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1926) (United States) (theatrical)
- Gaumont British Distributors (1926) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Hugo Engel-Filmgesellschaft (1927) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1926) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (United States) (tv) ((200?))
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the harpooners, bearing many scars of failed attacks. Can our hero Ahab succeed where others have perished? Written by Anonymous |
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| Taglines | A rousing tale of New Bedford whaling days, the golden age of American seafaring adventure. (Poster). See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | A 57 foot 2-strip Technicolor sequence was included in the original release but does not seem to have survived today. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993). See more » |
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Title card:
[Opening remarks]
In these long-gone days of their glory, thousands of vessels and tens of thousands of men followed the whale through seas till then unknown. Title card: It was seven months since that stout ship The Three Brothers of New Bedford, had left her home port. Title card: From the last whale killed they took ten tons of skin - the blubber. While some made mince meat of it... Others boiled the blubber down - to a hundred barrels of precious oil. See more » |