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The Sea Beast( 1926)

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AN EPIC OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN SEA-FARING ADVENTURE

Overview

Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."

    Top Billed Cast

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      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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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    Hmmm. This is what we would call a "re-imagining" nowadays. Herman Melville's classic "Moby Dick" underpins this far more romantic story as John Barrymore "Ahab" has to battle his brother "Derek" (George O'Hara) for the affections of "Esther" (Delores Costello) on land whilst joining in the battle against the great white whale from the novel at sea. I found the romance just a bit too drawn out and tedious, but when the film takes us to sea it comes alive with some cracking cinematography that depicts the dangers the sailors faced doing their jobs (including plenty of rats milling aboard amongst...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    503000.00

    Revenue

    938000.00

    Keywords

    • sea
    • whale
    • revenge
    • silent film