The Sea Wolf (1913 film)

The Sea Wolf is a lost[1] 1913 American silent adventure film directed by and starring Hobart Bosworth and co-starring Herbert Rawlinson.[2][3] 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.

The Sea Wolf
Still with Herbert Rawlinson and Hobart Bosworth
Directed byHobart Bosworth
Screenplay byHobart Bosworth
Based onThe Sea-Wolf
1904 novel
by Jack London
Produced byHobart Bosworth
StarringHobart Bosworth
Viola Barry
Herbert Rawlinson
CinematographyGeorge W. Hill
Distributed byState Rights and later W. W. Hodkinson
Release date
  • December 7, 1913 (1913-12-07)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Production history

Bosworth previously made a one reel version of the story at Selig directed by Sidney Ayres.[4] 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.[5] 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. In February 1914 W.W. Hodkinson released the film commercially.

Cast

See also

References
  1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sea Wolf
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Sea Wolf
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: The Sea Wolf at silentera.com
  4. The Sea Wolf (1913 Selig version); silentera.com
  5. The Sea Wolf (1913 Balboa version); silentera.com


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