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The Sea Beast

Genre
Animation
Rating
PG
Released
8 July, 2022
The Sea Beast

The Sea Beast is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb, starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara. The film was a major commercial success and one of the biggest pictures of 1926 becoming Warner Brothers' highest grossing film. 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. However, the film alters the novel's plotline by establishing prequel and sequel elements that are not in the original story—such as the romancing of Esther and Ahab's safe return, respectively—and substitutes a happy ending for Melville's original tragic one. Some of the characters in the film do not appear in Melville's original novel.

Director Millard Webb
Writer(s) Bess Meredyth, Rupert Hughes, Jack Wagner
Starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O'Hara
Cinematography Byron Haskin, Frank Kesson
Edited by Rupert Hughes
Production, company Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Released January 15, 1926
Running time 100 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Budget $503,000
Box office $938,000 (worldwide rentals)

About The Sea Beast

A hunter of legendary beasts has his life upended by a stowaway who ends up befriending the most dangerous beast of them all. The film was directed by Chris Williams.

Achievement of The Sea Beast

The film's Spanish title is Monstruo del mar. It was produced by Netflix Animation.

Top Facts You Did Not Know About The Sea Beast

John Barrymore filmography - John Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio who appeared in more than 40 plays, 60 films and 100 radio shows.. Films based on Moby-Dick.. Films directed by Millard Webb.. Films about whaling.. American disaster films.

Latest information about The Sea Beast updated on April 13 2022.