''Prowlers of the Sea'' is a 1928 American silent

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by John G. Adolfi and starring

Carmel Myers Carmel Myers (April 9, 1899 – November 9, 1980) was an American actress who achieved her greatest successes in silent film. Early life Myers was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Isidore Myers, a Russian-Jewish rabbi who was born in ...

Ricardo Cortez Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Kranze or Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career. Early years Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob K ...

and

George Fawcett George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1860, Fawcett graduated from the University of Virginia. His initial inclination was to ...

.Van Neste p.68 It is based on

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

's story ''The Siege of the Lancashire Queen''.

Cast

as Mercedes *

as Carlos De Neve *

as General Hernández *

Gino Corrado Gino Corrado (born Gino Liserani; 9 February 1893 – 23 December 1982) was an Italian-born film actor."Obituaries." '' Variety'' (Archive: 1905-2000); Los Angeles. Vol. 309, Iss. 10, (Jan 5, 1983): 78-79. Via Proquest. He appeared in more ...

as The Skipper * Frank Lackteen as Ramón Sánchez *

Frank Leigh Frank Leigh (18 April 1876 – 9 May 1948) was a British stage and film actor.Goble p. 232 Biography Born in London in 1876, Leigh settled in Hollywood and became a leading man during the silent era. Following the introduction of sound, his ro ...

as Felipe * Shirley Palmer as Cuban Maid

References

Bibliography

* Dan Van Neste. ''The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez''. BearManor Media, 2017.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 adventure films American adventure films Films based on works by Jack London Films directed by John G. Adolfi American silent feature films Tiffany Pictures films Films set in Cuba American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{silent-adventure-film-stub