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The Sea Beast (1926 Film)
''The Sea Beast'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb, starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara. The film was a major commercial success and one of the biggest pictures of 1926 becoming Warner Brothers' highest grossing film. ''The Sea Beast'' is the first adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick'', a story about a monomaniacal hunt for a great white whale. However, the film alters the novel's plotline by establishing prequel and sequel elements that are not in the original story—such as the romancing of Esther and Ahab's safe return, respectively—and substitutes a happy ending for Melville's original tragic one. Some of the characters in the film do not appear in Melville's original novel. Plot At the beginning of the story, Ahab (John Barrymore) and his half brother Derek ( George O'Hara) compete for the affections of a winsome minister's daughter, Esther Wiscasset (Dolores Costello). Meanwhile, an albino whale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millard Webb
Millard Webb (December 6, 1893 – April 21, 1935) was an American screenwriter and director who directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933. His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure ''The Sea Beast (1926 film), The Sea Beast'', a version of ''Moby Dick'', costarring Dolores Costello. Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie ''Glorifying the American Girl'' released by Paramount Pictures, Paramount in 1929. In 1927 he directed ''Naughty but Nice (1927 film), Naughty but Nice'', produced by John McCormick (producer), John McCormick and First National Pictures. His active years were from 1916 to 1933. He was married to Lydia Stocking (1918–1923). Mary Eaton married Webb in 1929, but they separated. He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 40. Filmography References External links * Millard Webb biog 1893 births 1935 deaths People from Powell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Internacional De Cinema De Catalunya
The Sitges Film Festival ( ca, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, links=no) is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Spain, specialized in fantasy and horror films, of which it is considered one of the world's foremost international festivals. Established in 1968, the festival takes place every year, usually in early October. The 55th edition of the festival will be held from October 6 to 16, 2022. This year, in the 22nd edition of the Awards 15 film schools and universities around Catalonia, which have submitted a total of 32 audiovisual works, will also participate. Venues The main venue of the Sitges Film Festival is the Auditori (Auditorium), located in the Hotel Melià Sitges (in the Port d'Aiguadolç area), which has a capacity of 1,384 seats. As of 2020, other venues are: Cine El Retiro (El Retiro Cinema), Cine Prado (Prado Cinema), Brigadoon - L'escorxador (a beautiful modernista building), Tramuntana (another cinema hall in Hotel Melià), Platj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Uraneff
Vadim Uraneff (6 February 1895 – 5 April 1952) was a Russian actor and librettist who helped John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn when it was hoped they would appear in '' The Song of Solomon''. He was also a mime who played Lucianus in ''Hamlet'' in the Ballet Russe. As theater critic, he explained in 1923: :The audevilleactor works with the idea of an immediate response from the audience: and with regard to its demands. By cutting out everything -every line, gesture, movement- to which the audience does not react and by improvising new thins, he establishes unusual unity between the audience and himself... Stylization in gesture, pose, misen-scène and make-up follows as a result of long experiment before the primitive spectator whose power as judge is absolute. He translated the lyric drama ''Star (The) Woman'' from Russian alongside P. Colum. He directed the theatre drama ''Anathema'' by L. N. Andreev at the Apollo Theater, New York. He is buried at the Hollywood For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilde Comont
Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938), credited also as Mathilda Caumont, was a French-born American actress, primarily of the silent era. Biography Born in Bordeaux, she appeared in films in her native country, particularly shorts, from 1908 and 1910, and then she appeared in U.S. films, starting with a few film shorts in 1917 and features including more than 60 films between 1919 and 1937, primarily as a supporting player, with several uncredited smaller roles. A heavy and short woman of 5 feet, 4 inches (163 cm), she died aged 51 from a heart attack in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Max Wants a Divorce'' (1917) - Loony Diva * ''A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) * '' A Tale of Two Worlds'' (1921) - Shopper (uncredited) * '' Rosita'' (1923) - Rosita's mother * '' The Thief of Bagdad'' (1924) - the corpulent Prince of Persia (uncredited) * ''Mademoiselle Midnight'' (1924) - Dueña / Mme. Nellie * ''His Hour'' (1924) - Fat Harem Lady * ''Playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Allen (actor)
Sam Allen (December 25, 1861 – September 13, 1934) was an American actor known for his role as Uncle Hughey in '' The Virginian'' (1923). He founded a brewery and a hotel complex. In 1910 he left the stage and joined as an actor on the silver screen. Between 1921 and 1930 he appeared in 18 features: ''The Conflict'' (1921) with Priscilla Dean and Herbert Rawlinson, ''The Son of the Wolf'' (1922) with Wheeler Oakman and Edith Roberts, ''Are you a Failure'' (1923) with Madge Bellamy and Lloyd Hughes, the western ''The Virginian'' with Kenneth Harlan and Florence Vidor, the comedy ''Bashful Buccaneer'' (1925) with Reed Howes and Dorothy Dwan, ''Timber Wolf'' with Buck Jones and Elinor Fair, ''The Call of the Klondike'' (1926) with Gaston Glass and Wanda Hawley, '' The Sea Beast'' with John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, '' Black Jack'' (1927) with Buck Jones and Barbara Bennett, ''Death Valley'' (1927) with Carroll Nye and Roda Rae, ''Woman's Law'' with Pat O'Malley and Lilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Berrell
George Berrell (December 16, 1849 – April 20, 1933) was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th century stage and of the silent film era. He appeared in numerous stage plays as well as more than 50 films over the course of a career that ran from 1850 to 1927. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Bound on the Wheel'' (1915) * '' Mountain Justice'' (1915) * ''Lon of Lone Mountain'' (1915) * '' The Three Godfathers'' (1916) * ''The Committee on Credentials'' (1916) * ''The Flashlight'' (1917) * '' The Golden Bullet'' (1917) * ''The Wrong Man'' (1917) * ''Straight Shooting'' (1917) * ''The Lair of the Wolf'' (1917) * ''In for Thirty Days'' (1919) * ''As the Sun Went Down'' (1919) * ''The City of Masks'' (1920) * '' The Dwelling Place of Light'' (1920) * ''The U.P. Trail'' (1920) * '' The Barbarian'' (1920) * ''The Fire Eater'' (1921) * '' Tracks'' (1922) * ''The Grub-Stake'' (1923) * ''The Everlastin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedallah
'' Moby-Dick'' (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville. While some characters only appear in the shore-based chapters at the beginning of the book, and others are captains and crewmembers of other ships, the majority of the characters are officers or crewmembers of the whaling ship, ''Pequod''. Ishmael Ishmael is the narrator of the book. He recounts the whaling voyage led by Captain Ahab while also explaining the history and mechanics of whaling and attempting to promote the nobility of the trade. He primarily observes the major events of the novel as opposed to being an active participant in them. In the epilogue, it is revealed that Ishmael was the only survivor of the sinking of the ''Pequod''. The name ''Ishmael'' has come to symbolize orphans, exiles, and social outcasts in reference to the biblical character from which his name is taken. Captain Ahab Captain Ahab is the tyrannical captain of the ''Pequod''. Prior to the events of the novel, Captain Ahab lost his leg whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōjin Kamiyama
Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin (; 30 January 1884 – 28 July 1954) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. He was born in Sendai, Japan and died in Tokyo, Japan. His wife was actress Uraji Yamakawa. Selected filmography * ''Patria'' (1917, Serial) - Himself * '' The Thief of Bagdad'' (1924) - The Mongol Prince * ''Soft Shoes'' (1925) - Yet Tzu * ''East of Suez'' (1925) - Lee Tai * '' Proud Flesh'' (1925) - Wong * ''The White Desert'' (1925) - Chinese Cook * '' The Wanderer'' (1925) - Sadyk the Jeweler (uncredited) * ''My Lady's Lips'' (1925) * '' The Sea Beast'' (1926, silent adaptation of ''Moby Dick'') - Fedallah * '' The Bat'' (1926) - Billy - the Butler * ''The Lucky Lady'' (1926) - Secretary to Garletz * ''Eve's Leaves'' (1926) - Le Sing * '' The Road to Mandalay'' (1926) - English Charlie Wing * ''Diplomacy'' (1926) - Chinese Diplomat * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queequeg
Queequeg is a character in the 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick'' by American author Herman Melville. The son of a South Sea chieftain who left home to explore the world, Queequeg is the first principal character encountered by the narrator, Ishmael. The quick friendship and relationship of equality between the tattooed cannibal and the white sailor show Melville's basic theme of shipboard democracy as well as his fondness for Polynesians (see ''Typee'', '' Omoo'' and ''Mardi''). Once aboard the whaling ship ''Pequod'', Queequeg becomes the harpooner for the mate Starbuck. Melville drew inspiration for Queequeg from a description in George Lillie Craik's book, ''The New Zealanders'' (1830), of Te Pēhi Kupe, a Māori chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi famous for his travels in England. Description Queequeg is a native of a fictional island in the South Pacific Ocean named Rokovoko. The island is the home to his primitive tribe, who practice cannibalism, in particular devouring the flesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Baker (actor)
Sam Baker ( Taylor, Indiana; 7 May 1907– Abilene, Kansas; 8 May 1982), born Samuel D. Baker, was an American actor who usually performed with Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin. This Indiana-born actor played the Link in the film '' The Missing Link'' (1927), whose imposing presence made him a natural for early jungle flicks. His most easily recalled role may have been Hugo in Sherman S. Krellberg's notorious serial '' The Lost City'' (1935). His most memorable role was Queequeg in '' The Sea Beast'' (1926). Baker's filmography is brief, as the sound era saw him move quickly from featured roles as African chieftains to bits as black convicts. His first screen appearance was in a genre project: he was the sworder in Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Donlin
Michael Joseph Donlin (May 30, 1878 – September 24, 1933) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and actor. As a professional baseball player, his MLB career spanned from 1899 to 1914 in which he played mainly in the National League for seven teams over 12 seasons. His most notable time was with the New York Giants, where he starred in the outfield for John McGraw's 1904 pennant winners and 1905 World Series champions. One of the finest hitters of the dead-ball era, his .333 career batting average ranks 28th all time and he finished in the top three in batting five times. In each of those same seasons, he also finished in the top ten in the league in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and home runs. Donlin, who was given the nickname "Turkey Mike" for his unique strut, was a controversial character— his entertaining personality, flamboyant style of dress, and prodigious talent as a hitter caused him to be lionized as "the baseball idol of Manha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
