Ahab is given a more heroic and romantic treatment. Adventure This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. 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. 13 out of 13 found this helpful. A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist. Certificate: Passed I made a personal copy on Beta tape (from a 16mm print) over 20 years ago to assist in the writing of my master's thesis on the adaptations of Moby Dick. This film is rarely seen and not available on video. Directed by Millard Webb. That means that the print will be god-awful--which is true of the two dozen or more silents I've seen from this company. Will true love triumph, or will Barrymore's Mr. Hyde makeup as the obsessed Capt Ahab scare off lovely Dolores? Captain Ahab's descent into madness destroys everyone around him. Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. I won't spoil the ending but you can again be sure it has nothing to do with Melville. The film was a major commercial success and one of the biggest pictures of 1926 becoming Warner Brothers' highest grossing film. What particularly delighted me. This powerful character drew John Barrymore, Orson Wells and John Huston. Seen in theater. So, if you can bear with the fuzzy, scratchy and occasionally shaky print, you might want to try this film. This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick! 1 out of 1 found this helpful. This rousing adventure romance is very loosely based on Herman Melville's Moby Dick. This is not Melville, but it IS Barrymore! Was this review helpful? Ahh!!! 3 out of 4 found this helpful.
The Sea Beast (1926) User Reviews Review this title 5 Reviews. This rousing adventure romance is very loosely based on Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Was this review helpful? Detective Charlie Chan investigates a pearl necklace, which has caused misery for all of its owners. 13 of 13 people found this review helpful. Certificate: Passed 15 out of 18 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Use the HTML below. Can our hero Ahab succeed where others have perished? A few plot elements are taken from the novel and fashioned into a completely different story. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
With John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O'Hara, Mike Donlin. Can our hero Ahab succeed where others have perished? This film has been called the best, most authentic version of Herman Melville's MOBY DICK. The film is a showcase for John Barrymore, whose transformation as Ahab is reminiscent of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Barrymore, of course, is perfectly cast as Ahab, with Dolores Costello, his lover at the time, as Esther, the woman both he and Ahab's brother (where did he come from)fighting for her love. A cinematic presentation of music composed by Daron Hagen, in combination with the original 1920 public domain film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and concert footage filmed and edited by H. ... Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But, if you want a film that is in moderately good shape...look a bit further. In 16th Century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias. What particularly displeased me.
A love interest (Esther) and a rival half-brother provide a conflict never dreamed of by the novelist.
But the great white whale has been eluding the harpooners, bearing many scars of failed attacks. The film is a showcase for John Barrymore, whose transformation as Ahab is reminiscent of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Young sailor Ahab (aka John Barrymore) loves lovely Dolores Costello, but his black hearted brother Derek wants her too. This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Two parallel journeys, Bianca's and a young illegal immigrant's, end up overlapping, in search of an impossible salvation, despite an almost inevitable shipwreck.