Scarlet Seas

Scarlet Seas is a surviving[1] 1929 American silent romantic adventure film produced by Richard A. Rowland and distributed by First National Pictures. The picture was directed by John Francis Dillon. It starred Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and a teen-aged Loretta Young. This film was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack of music and effects which survive. Originally, the film was presumed lost.[2][3][4]

Scarlet Seas
Film poster
Directed byJohn Francis Dillon
Written byBradley King (scenario)
Louis Stevens (intertitles)
Story byW. Scott Darling
Produced byRichard A. Rowland
StarringRichard Barthelmess
Betty Compson
Loretta Young
CinematographySol Polito
Frank Bangs (still photography)
Edited byJack Gardner
Edward Schroeder
Music byKarl Hajos
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date
  • January 12, 1929 (1929-01-12)
Running time
7 reels (6,337 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The story was written by W. Scott Darling.[5]

Cast

uncredited

  • Shorty English as Sailor

Critical reception

A review in Harrison's Reports found that the film contains "offenses to logic", including the nimbleness of the hero and heroine as they climb a rope ladder despite having survived days of hunger and thirst and the way the hero easily overcomes "a giant", lifts him, and throws him overboard.[5]

Preservation status

The film was long thought to be lost. A print has been discovered in Italy at Cineteca Italiana.[6]

See also

References
  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Scarlet Seas
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Scarlet Seas
  4. Scarlet Seas at Arne Andersen's Lost film Files: First National Pictures 1928
  5. "'Scarlet Seas' (S) -- with Dick Barthelmess". Harrison's Reports. January 12, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  6. see-----Library of Congress, American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
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