Mare Nostrum (1926)
Drama | 29 August 1926
Director:
Rex IngramWriter:
Willis GoldbeckProducer:
Rex IngramCinematographer:
John F. SeitzEditor:
Grant WhytockProduction Designer:
Ben CarréProduction Company:
Metro-Goldwyn Corp.In a column called "A Letter from Location" in the Feb 1926 Picture-Play, Alice Terry recounted the production's itinerary. Their headquarters was a studio outside of Nice, France. The company traveled to Monte Carlo in Monaco, then sailed to Naples, Italy, where they spent four days. From there, they filmed for three days in nearby Pompeii, at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius, then drove a hundred miles over primitive roads to the ancient Greek ruins at Paestum, Italy. From there, they filmed in Venice, Italy, then returned to Nice. The company spent a total of four months on location, according to Terry. Filming was also done on the Mediterranean Sea, in Barcelona, Spain, and in Rome, Italy.
Rex Ingram fought to keep the novel's Latin title, but reluctantly allowed the studio to add the English translation, “Our Sea,” when he heard that some people thought the film was about a horse.
A Warner Bros. print of Mare Nostrum was screened 2 Jun 2018 at the 23rd Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival in San Francisco, CA. ...
In a column called "A Letter from Location" in the Feb 1926 Picture-Play, Alice Terry recounted the production's itinerary. Their headquarters was a studio outside of Nice, France. The company traveled to Monte Carlo in Monaco, then sailed to Naples, Italy, where they spent four days. From there, they filmed for three days in nearby Pompeii, at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius, then drove a hundred miles over primitive roads to the ancient Greek ruins at Paestum, Italy. From there, they filmed in Venice, Italy, then returned to Nice. The company spent a total of four months on location, according to Terry. Filming was also done on the Mediterranean Sea, in Barcelona, Spain, and in Rome, Italy.
Rex Ingram fought to keep the novel's Latin title, but reluctantly allowed the studio to add the English translation, “Our Sea,” when he heard that some people thought the film was about a horse.
A Warner Bros. print of Mare Nostrum was screened 2 Jun 2018 at the 23rd Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival in San Francisco, CA.
Captain Ulysses Ferragut, the last of a famous Spanish family of seafaring fame, meets Freya Talberg, a beautiful and ruthless German spy, in Pompeii, Italy, and falls in love with her. Freya's superiors plan to use Ulysses' knowledge of the Mediterranean to assist them in supplying their submarines with fuel, using Freya as bait. Later, Ulysses returns to Naples to find Freya and her spy ring departed, and he learns that his son Esteban, whom he idolizes, has been killed on a torpedoed liner. Seeking revenge for the death of his son and his own mistakes, he turns his ship, the Mare Nostrum, over to the French and volunteers as commander. Freya, disheartened by the results of her work, sends for Ulysses, but the memory of Esteban causes him to cast her off, and she is executed by the French for espionage. Ulysses' ship is torpedoed; and though he sinks, his attacker is itself swallowed up by the ...
Captain Ulysses Ferragut, the last of a famous Spanish family of seafaring fame, meets Freya Talberg, a beautiful and ruthless German spy, in Pompeii, Italy, and falls in love with her. Freya's superiors plan to use Ulysses' knowledge of the Mediterranean to assist them in supplying their submarines with fuel, using Freya as bait. Later, Ulysses returns to Naples to find Freya and her spy ring departed, and he learns that his son Esteban, whom he idolizes, has been killed on a torpedoed liner. Seeking revenge for the death of his son and his own mistakes, he turns his ship, the Mare Nostrum, over to the French and volunteers as commander. Freya, disheartened by the results of her work, sends for Ulysses, but the memory of Esteban causes him to cast her off, and she is executed by the French for espionage. Ulysses' ship is torpedoed; and though he sinks, his attacker is itself swallowed up by the sea.
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