The Sea Hawk (1924 film)

The Sea Hawk
1924 theatrical poster
Directed byFrank Lloyd
Screenplay byJ. G. Hawks
Intertitles:
Walter Anthony
Based onThe Sea Hawk
1915 novel
by Rafael Sabatini
Produced byFrank Lloyd
StarringMilton Sills
Enid Bennett
Lloyd Hughes
Wallace MacDonald
Marc McDermott
Wallace Beery
CinematographyNorbert F. Brodin
Edited byEdward M. Roskam
Music byModest Altschuler
Cecil Copping
John LeRoy Johnston
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated First National Pictures
Release date
  • June 14, 1924 (1924-06-14) (U.S. theatrical)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$800,000[1]
Box office$2 million[2]

The Sea Hawk is a 1924 American silent adventure film about an English noble sold into slavery who escapes and turns himself into a pirate king. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the screen adaptation was written by J. G. Hawks based upon the 1915 Rafael Sabatini novel of the same name.[3] It premiered on June 2, 1924, in New York City, twelve days before its theatrical debut.[4]

The Sea Hawk
  1. ^ "The Sea Hawk". June 11, 1924. p. 24. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ^ "FILM WORLD". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. October 19, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Sea Hawk at silentera.com