| Moby Dick | |
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| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Oliver H.P. Garrett (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | J. Grubb Alexander |
| Based on | Moby-Dick by Herman Melville |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | John Barrymore |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
| Edited by | Desmond O'Brien |
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Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $604,000[1] |
| Box office | $797,000[1] |
Moby Dick is a 1930 American pre-Code film from Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring John Barrymore, Joan Bennett and Walter Lang.[2] The film is a sound remake of the 1926 silent movie, The Sea Beast, which also starred Barrymore.[3] It is the first film adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick that includes a soundtrack.[2]
- ^ 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 11 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ a b Sala, Ángel (October 2005). "Apéndices". Tiburón ¡Vas a necesitar un barco más grande! El filme que cambió Hollywood (1st ed.). Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya. p. 114. ISBN 84-96129-72-1.
- ^ "Moby Dick (1930)". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 13, 2018.