''The Sea Rider'' is a 1920 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Edwin L. Hollywood Edwin L. Hollywood (October 9, 1892 – May 15, 1958) was an American actor and film director. He was born in New York City. Hollywood was in charge of Vitagraph's film unit that starred Harry Morey. He died in Glendale, California. Filmog ...

and starring

Harry T. Morey Harry Temple Morey (August 21, 1873 – January 24, 1936) was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career. Biography Born in Charlotte, Michigan, Morey had two brothers. Their mother was Addie C. ...

Webster Campbell Webster Campbell (January 25, 1893 – August 28, 1972) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He began screenwriting in 1913 and became an actor in 1915. He became primarily a director in 1921. By 1936, he retired and ...

, and

Alice Calhoun Alice Beatrice Calhoun (November 21, 1900 – June 3, 1966) was an American silent film actress. Film star Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she made her film debut in an uncredited role in 1918 and went on to appear in another forty-seven films betw ...

.McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 55

Cast

as Stephen Hardy *

as Tom Hardy *

Van Dyke Brooke Van Dyke Brooke, ''né'' Stewart McKerrow (22 June 1859–17 September 1921) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director, whose works include '' The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln'' (1908) and '' Lights of New ...

as Captain Halcomb *

as Bess Halcomb * Louiszita Valentine as The Girl * Frank Norcross as Squire Toler

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * McCaffrey, Donald W. & Jacobs, Christopher P. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edwin L. Hollywood Vitagraph Studios films 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-US-film-stub