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'Scarlet Seas' is a surviving[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8948/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Scarlet Seas'] 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.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30', The American Film Institute, c. 1971[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=11915 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Scarlet Seas'][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html 'Scarlet Seas' at Arne Andersen's Lost film Files: 'First National Pictures' 1928]

The story was written by W. Scott Darling.

Cast



*Richard Barthelmess as Steven Dunkin

*Betty Compson as Rose

*Loretta Young as Margaret Barbour

*James Bradbury Sr. as Johnson

*Jack Curtis as Toomey

*Knute Erickson as Captain Barbour

'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.

Preservation status



The film was long thought to be lost. A print has been discovered in Italy at Cineteca Italiana.'see-----'Library of Congress, American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog

References




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