The Sea Beast

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The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.

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The Sea Beast canonical 5
The Sea Beast (1926 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
feature film
silent adventure film
adaptationType loose adaptation of Moby-Dick
basedOn Moby-Dick
basedOnWorkBy Herman Melville
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
era silent film era
featuresElement peg-legged protagonist
whale hunt
followedBy Moby Dick (1956 film)
surface form: Moby Dick (1930 film)
format black-and-white film
genre adventure film
romantic drama film
hasBlackAndWhiteCinematography true
hasCharacter Ahab Ceeley
Captain Ceeley
Derek Ceeley
Esther Harper
Sailor Tom
Stubbs
hasIntertitleLanguage English
hasLiveOrchestralAccompanimentAtPremiere true
hasTheme obsession
romantic rivalry
whaling
language Silent film
notableFor early major screen role of John Barrymore
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseYear 1926
runtimeApproximate 110 minutes
setIn New England
sea
stars Dolores Costello
George Beranger
George O’Hara
John Barrymore
Noah Beery
surface form: Noah Beery Sr.

Sam De Grasse

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Don Juan (1926 film) precededBy The Sea Beast
Ann Rork Getty notableWork The Sea Beast
John Barrymore notableWork The Sea Beast
this entity surface form: The Sea Beast (1926 film)
Eugenie Besserer performedIn The Sea Beast
Dolores Costello notableWork The Sea Beast
Malcolm Stuart Boylan notableWork The Sea Beast