The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf (1913)

The cruel captain of a schooner dominates the shipwreck victims he picks up.

Date of release
1913-12-07
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama
Director
Hobart Bosworth

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Sea-Wolf

The Sea Wolf is a lost 1913 American silent adventure film directed by and starring Hobart Bosworth and co-starring Herbert Rawlinson. Based on the 1904 Jack London novel The Sea-Wolf, the production's master negatives were destroyed in the disastrous 1914 vault fire at the Lubin Manufacturing Company, the Philadelphia-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 who had it removed from theatres. 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.

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