The Sea Wolf (1930 film)

The Sea Wolf
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Santell
Screenplay byS. N. Behrman
Ralph Block
Based onThe Sea-Wolf
1904 novel
by Jack London
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringMilton Sills
Jane Keithley
Raymond Hackett
Mitchell Harris
Nat Pendleton
John Rogers
CinematographyGlen MacWilliams
Edited byPaul Weatherwax
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 21, 1930 (1930-09-21)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sea Wolf is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by S. N. Behrman and Ralph Block. The film stars Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton, and John Rogers. It is based on the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. The film was released on September 21, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2] This was the final film starring Sills, released posthumously just one week after his sudden death at age 48.[3]

Plot

Cast

Bear of Oakland

The large barkentine rigged museum ship, Bear, moored in Oakland, starred as the sealer Macedonia in the film.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Sea Wolf (1930) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Sea Wolf". Afi.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Movie Review - - MILTON SILLS'S LAST FILM.; He Gave Incisive Performance in "The Sea Wolf" at Hippodrome". The New York Times. October 6, 1930. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Burroughs, Polly (1970). The Great Ice Ship Bear: Eighty-Nine Years in Polar Seas. Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 104.


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