The Sea Lion (1921)
Melodrama | 5 December 1921
Director:
Rowland V. LeeWriters:
Joseph Franklin Poland , Emilie JohnsonCinematographer:
J. O. TaylorProduction Company:
Hobart Bosworth Productions, Inc.The 6 May 1921 Var announced that actor Hobart Bosworth’s newly formed production company, Hobart Bosworth Productions, Inc., was “fully organized” and shooting its first production, The Sea Lion, on the Thomas H. Ince studio lot in Culver City, CA. According to an item in the 14 May 1921 Moving Picture World, Bosworth was expected to produce and act in six films per year for Ince. Previously, the 23 Apr 1921 Moving Picture World reported that location shooting was taking place at Santa Cruz Island off the coast of CA. An item in the 28 May 1921 Exhibitors Herald noted that location filming took place "in a driving gale off Catalina Island." Principal photography was completed by 21 May 1921, according to a Motion Picture News brief published that day, which stated that editing was underway. The Oct 1921 issue of The Photodramatist claimed The Sea Lion was still being edited at Ince facilities.
Associated Producers was originally set to distribute, as noted in the 6 May 1921 Var. However, an advertisement in the 28 Oct 1921 Var announced that Associated Producers’ films were now being distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Inc. The Sea Lion was released on 5 Dec 1921, as confirmed in a 5 Nov 1921 Motion Picture News release chart. A 10 Dec 1921 Moving Picture World advertisement listed Associated First National Pictures, Inc. as the releasing company.
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The 6 May 1921 Var announced that actor Hobart Bosworth’s newly formed production company, Hobart Bosworth Productions, Inc., was “fully organized” and shooting its first production, The Sea Lion, on the Thomas H. Ince studio lot in Culver City, CA. According to an item in the 14 May 1921 Moving Picture World, Bosworth was expected to produce and act in six films per year for Ince. Previously, the 23 Apr 1921 Moving Picture World reported that location shooting was taking place at Santa Cruz Island off the coast of CA. An item in the 28 May 1921 Exhibitors Herald noted that location filming took place "in a driving gale off Catalina Island." Principal photography was completed by 21 May 1921, according to a Motion Picture News brief published that day, which stated that editing was underway. The Oct 1921 issue of The Photodramatist claimed The Sea Lion was still being edited at Ince facilities.
Associated Producers was originally set to distribute, as noted in the 6 May 1921 Var. However, an advertisement in the 28 Oct 1921 Var announced that Associated Producers’ films were now being distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Inc. The Sea Lion was released on 5 Dec 1921, as confirmed in a 5 Nov 1921 Motion Picture News release chart. A 10 Dec 1921 Moving Picture World advertisement listed Associated First National Pictures, Inc. as the releasing company.
Nels Nelson, a cruel and embittered captain of a whaling vessel, who was deserted by his wife 20 years earlier, sails to San Francisco, where he takes aboard young Tom Walton, a spendthrift rejected by his guardian. A shortage of water develops, and Nelson is overpowered by a mutiny. Tom, sent ashore, discovers two castaways--an old man and a beautiful young girl--and he brings them aboard. Nelson, who sees in the girl proof of his wife's unfaithfulness, torments and humiliates her at every opportunity. Tom takes her away in a small boat, and alarmed by storm clouds, Nelson puts out to sea. During the storm, Nelson discovers in the girl's Bible a record of his wife's blameless life, and learning that she is his own daughter he returns to rescue ...
Nels Nelson, a cruel and embittered captain of a whaling vessel, who was deserted by his wife 20 years earlier, sails to San Francisco, where he takes aboard young Tom Walton, a spendthrift rejected by his guardian. A shortage of water develops, and Nelson is overpowered by a mutiny. Tom, sent ashore, discovers two castaways--an old man and a beautiful young girl--and he brings them aboard. Nelson, who sees in the girl proof of his wife's unfaithfulness, torments and humiliates her at every opportunity. Tom takes her away in a small boat, and alarmed by storm clouds, Nelson puts out to sea. During the storm, Nelson discovers in the girl's Bible a record of his wife's blameless life, and learning that she is his own daughter he returns to rescue her.
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