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Scarlet Seas

1928 film

Scarlet Seas is a surviving[1] 1929 American synchronized sound romantic adventure film produced by Richard A. Rowland and distributed by First National Pictures. Although there is no audible dialogue, the film was released with a musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc recording process. The picture was directed by John Francis Dillon. It starred Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and a teen-aged Loretta Young. Originally, the film was presumed lost.[2][3][4]

Quick Facts Scarlet Seas, Directed by ...

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

Cast

uncredited

  • Shorty English as Sailor

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Blossoms (That Bloom In the Moonlight)" which was composed by Ben Black and James Dietrich.

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