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The Sea Wolf
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Hobart Bosworth

Cast: Hobart Bosworth [‘Wolf’ Larsen], Herbert Rawlinson [Humphrey Van Weyden], Viola Barry [Maud Brewster], J. Charles Haydon [Thomas Mugridge], Gordon Sackville, Joe Ray, Jack London [sailor]

Bosworth, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis by Bosworth, Incorporated. / Scenario by [?] Hobart Bosworth?, from the novel The Sea Wolf by Jack London. Art direction by Edward M. Langley. Cinematography by George W. Hill. / © 22 October 1913 by Bosworth, Incorporated [LU1494]. Released 7 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was shown privately in September and October 1913, but was not released until after author Jack London had won a legal dispute over the 1913 Balboa film version of the novel. The film’s distribution was taken over in February 1914 by W.W. Hodkinson Corporation.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3896.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3896; Lahue-Selig p. 14; Tarbox-Lost p. 140 : Website-ASFFDb.