Sea Horses (film)
{{short description|1926 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Sea Horses
| image = Sea Horses (1926, lobby card).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Allan Dwan
| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
| based_on = {{based on|Sea Horses|Francis Brett Young}}
| screenplay = Becky Gardiner
James Shelley Hamilton
| starring = Jack Holt
Florence Vidor
William Powell
George Bancroft
Mack Swain
Frank Campeau
Allan Simpson
| music =
| cinematography = James Wong Howe
| editing =
| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|2|22}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Sea Horses is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Becky Gardiner, James Shelley Hamilton, and Francis Brett Young. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, William Powell, George Bancroft, Mack Swain, Frank Campeau, and Allan Simpson. The film was released on February 22, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/109164/Sea-Horses/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207215547/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/109164/Sea-Horses/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 7, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hal Erickson|title=Sea-Horses - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|accessdate=February 7, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=11933|title=Sea Horses|work=afi.com|accessdate=February 7, 2015}} It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by British writer Francis Brett Young.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=Descriptive Analysis of New Paramount Pictures: Sea Horses |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=13 |pages=91 |date=19 December 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald23unse/page/91/mode/1up |access-date=19 December 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a young American captain aids a beautiful young English woman to find her Italian husband, who has abandoned her and her child, in an evil African port. Her efforts at reconciliation refused, she returns to the captain, who loves her. The child is kidnapped by the father. There is a terrific fight. The captain and the mother and child escape, and the dissolute husband is wiped out in a tropical storm.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Jack Holt as George Glanville
- Florence Vidor as Helen Salvia
- William Powell as Lorenzo Salvia
- George Bancroft as Cochran
- Mack Swain as Bimbo-Bomba
- Frank Campeau as Senor Cordoza
- Allan Simpson as Harvey
- George Nichols as Marx
- Mary Dow as Cina Salvia
- Dick La Reno as Henry
- Frank Austin as Cheadle
- Hannah Washington as Child
}}
Preservation
With no prints of Sea Horses located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8971/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film survival Catalog: Sea Horses] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html Sea Horses at Lost Film Files:lost Paramount Pictures films - 1926]
References
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External links
{{commons category|Sea Horses}}
- {{IMDb title|0017356|Sea Horses}}
{{Allan Dwan}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Allan Dwan
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films shot at Astoria Studios
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films based on British novels
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