| The Sea Wolf | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Screenplay by | Robert Rossen |
| Based on | The Sea-Wolf 1904 novel by Jack London |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis (executive) Henry Blanke (associate) |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Ida Lupino John Garfield Alexander Knox |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Music by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes (original cut) 86 minutes (re-release cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,013,217[1][2] |
| Box office | $1,881,000[2] |
The Sea Wolf is a 1941 American adventure drama film adaptation of Jack London's 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf with Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, and Alexander Knox making his debut in an American film. The film was written by Robert Rossen and directed by Michael Curtiz.
The film was first premiered onboard the S.S. America[3][4] traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco, its special group of passengers including many cast members.[5] A private screening the following day—22 March—was presented at the California home of Jack London's widow, Charmain London.[5]
Later it was screened at the 9th annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival on April 26, 2018 in Los Angeles. The version of the film screened was the original theatrical cut that was reassembled after 35mm nitrate elements were discovered at the Museum of Modern Art. It included thirteen minutes of footage that were cut from the film in 1947 when it was re-released as a double-feature with the 1940 Errol Flynn vehicle with a similar name. The original cut of the film, digitally remastered and restored, was released through Warner Brothers' Archive Collection on DVD and Blu-ray on October 10, 2017.[6]
- ^ Ed Rudy Behlmer Inside Warner Bros (1935–1951), 1985 p 208
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 21 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Rode, Alan K. (17 November 2017). Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-7397-9. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "90 Things We Bet You Didn't Know About Warner Bros." americanfilm.afi.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Jack London Film Premiere at Sea." Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, 17 March 1941, 11.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (25 October 2017). "THE SEA WOLF: LONGER AND BETTER!". Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy. Retrieved 9 December 2017.