The Sea Wolf (1913 film)

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The Sea Wolf
A scene from "The Sea Wolf (SAYRE 13475).jpg
Still with Herbert Rawlinson and Hobart Bosworth
Directed by Hobart Bosworth
Screenplay byHobart Bosworth
Based on The Sea-Wolf
1904 novel
by Jack London
Produced byHobart Bosworth
StarringHobart Bosworth
Viola Barry
Herbert Rawlinson
Cinematography George 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)

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.

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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.

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