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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Also known as {20,000 Leagues Under the Sea}
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Stuart Paton

Cast: Allen Holubar [Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Daaker], Jane Gail [a child of nature / Princess Daaker], Dan Hanlon [Professor Aronnax], Edna Pendleton [Aronnax’s daughter], Curtis Benton [Ned Land], Matt Moore [Lieutenant Bond], Howard Crampton [Cyrus Harding], Wallace Clark [Pencroft], Martin Murphy [Herbert Brown], Leviticus Jones [Neb], William Welch [Charles Denver], Lois Alexander [Princess Daaker, as a child], Joseph W. Girard [Major Cameron], Ole Jansen, Ernest Williamson [himself], George Williamson [himself]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production with Williamson Submarine Film Corporation; distributed on State Rights basis by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Universal Special]. / Scenario by Stuart Paton, from the novels Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) and L’île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island) by Jules Verne. Art direction by Frank D. Ormston. Technical direction by H.H. Barker. Assistant technical director, James Milburn. Assistant director, Martin Murphy. Cinematography by Eugene Gaudio. Assistant cameramen, Friend Baker and Milton Loryea. Underwater photography by J. Ernest Williamson and George Williamson. / © 25 September 1916 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP9183]. Released December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Fantasy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4592.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Captains - Submarines - Undersea scenes - Underwater cinematography - Water: Oceans, Seas - Weapons

Listing updated: 4 July 2012.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.4592; Edmonds-BigU p. 9, 78, 83, 87, 88-89; Everson-American p. 113; FilmYearBook-1923 p. iv; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 22; Limbacher-Feature p. 260; Thompson-Lost p. 11 : ClasIm-204 p. C24.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
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