The Sea Beast (1926)
This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the harpooners, bearing many scars of failed attacks. Can our hero Ahab succeed where others have perished?
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , February 1929
Books with substantial mentioning of The Sea Beast
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Robert K. Klepper Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999 |
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Joseph D. Andriano Immortal Monster, The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic beast in Modern Fiction and Film Westport, Connecticut - London, 1999 |
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Jerry Vermilye The Films of the Twenties Secaucus, NJ, 1985 |
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Stanley Hochman (editor) From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940 New York, 1982 |
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Books with an entry on The Sea Beast
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Robert B. Connelly The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936 Chicago, 1986 |