The Sea Wolf (1913 film)
| The Sea Wolf | |
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.jpg) Still with Herbert Rawlinson and Hobart Bosworth | |
| Directed by | Hobart Bosworth |
| Screenplay by | Hobart Bosworth |
| Based on | The Sea-Wolf 1904 novel by Jack London |
| Produced by | Hobart Bosworth |
| Starring | Hobart Bosworth Viola Barry Herbert Rawlinson |
| Cinematography | George W. Hill |
| Distributed by | State Rights and later W. W. Hodkinson |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Sea Wolf is a lost[1] 1913 American silent adventure film directed by and starring Hobart Bosworth and co-starring Herbert Rawlinson.[2][3] Based on the 1904 Jack London novel The Sea-Wolf, the production's master negatives were destroyed in the disastrous 1914 vault fire at the Lubin Manufacturing Company, the Philadelphia-based film company that Bosworth contracted to produce theatrical prints of his screen adaptation.
Production history
[edit]Bosworth previously made a one reel version of the story at Selig directed by Sidney Ayres.[4] It was never released officially. The Balboa company also made a competing version and was sued by author Jack London who had it removed from theatres.[5] Bosworth formed his own company, hired Jack London himself as a cast member, and made this 7 reel version. It was not released until London's legal dispute with the Balboa company was over. In February 1914 W.W. Hodkinson released the film commercially.
Cast
[edit]- Hobart Bosworth as Wolf Larsen
- Herbert Rawlinson as Humphrey Van Weyden
- Viola Barry as Maude Brewster
- J. Charles Haydon as Mugridge
- Jack London as A Sailor
- Gordon Sackville as Johnson
- Joe Ray
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sea Wolf
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Sea Wolf
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Sea Wolf at silentera.com
- ^ The Sea Wolf (1913 Selig version); silentera.com
- ^ The Sea Wolf (1913 Balboa version); silentera.com
External links
[edit]- The Sea Wolf at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Sea Wolf at the TCM Movie Database
- The Sea Wolf at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- 1913 advertisement
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