''The Sea Wolf'' is a
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1913 American silent
adventure film
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directed by and starring
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.
Early life
Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil Wa ...
and co-starring
Herbert Rawlinson
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. Based on the 1904
Jack London
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novel ''
The Sea-Wolf
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'', the production's master negatives were destroyed in the disastrous
1914 vault fire at the Lubin Manufacturing Company, the
Philadelphia
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-based film company that Bosworth contracted to produce theatrical prints of his screen adaptation.
Production history
Bosworth previously made a one reel version of the story at Selig directed by Sidney Ayres. It was never released officially. The Balboa company also made a competing version and was sued by author
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 ...
who had it removed from theatres.
The Sea Wolf (1913 Balboa version); silentera.com
/ref> Bosworth formed his own company, hired Jack London himself as a cast member, and made this 7 reel version. It was not released until London's legal dispute with the Balboa company was over. In February 1914 W.W. Hodkinson released the film commercially.
Cast
*Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.
Early life
Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil Wa ...
as Wolf Larsen
*Herbert Rawlinson
Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...
as Humphrey Van Weyden
*Viola Barry
Viola Barry ( – April 2, 1964) was an American silent film actress who starred in a number of films during the 1910s.
Early years
Gladys Viola Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Rev. J. Stitt Wilson, a Methodist minister. ...
as Maude Brewster
*J. Charles Haydon
James Charles Haydon (March 27, 1875 – October 15, 1943) was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent film era. He directed twelve films between 1914 and 1920. He also appeared in five films between 1912 and 1914. ...
as Mugridge
*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 ...
as A Sailor
*Gordon Sackville as Johnson
*Joe Ray
See also
*List of Paramount Pictures films
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*List of Paramount Pictures films (1920–1929)
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