''Sea Horses'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by

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and written by Becky Gardiner, James Shelley Hamilton, and Francis Brett Young. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, William Powell, George Bancroft,

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, Frank Campeau, and Allan Simpson. The film was released on February 22, 1926, by

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. It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by British writer

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a young American captain aids a beautiful young English woman to find her Italian husband, who has abandoned her and her child, in an evil African port. Her efforts at reconciliation refused, she returns to the captain, who loves her. The child is kidnapped by the father. There is a terrific fight. The captain and the mother and child escape, and the dissolute husband is wiped out in a tropical storm.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Sea Horses'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film.''Sea Horses'' at Lost Film Files:''lost Paramount Pictures films - 1926''
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* * 1926 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1926 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Allan Dwan American black-and-white films Lost American drama films American silent feature films Films shot at Astoria Studios 1926 lost films English-language drama films Films based on British novels 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub