Moby Dick – John Barrymore DVD

$12.75

In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville’s classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp.

 

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Although the film was initially recorded on Vitaphone and intended for disc accompaniment, by the time of its release, so many theatres had opted for sound-on-film, that the opening credits had to be redone, and the image had to be cropped off the left side, in order to accommodate the sound-on-film system track, which was, by then, replacing the soon to be obsolete Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, and required a slightly narrower picture image as a result.

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In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville’s classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he meets and falls for Faith Mapple, daughter of the local minister and beloved of Ahab’s brother Derek. Faith herself quickly returns Ahab’s love, as Derek is drab and ignoble. On his next voyage, however, Ahab loses a leg to the monstrous white whale Moby-Dick. When upon his return to New Bedford he mistakenly believes Faith wants nothing to do with him because of his disfigurement, Ahab returns to sea with only one goal in mind — to find and kill the great white whale. 
 
ALL REGIONS NTSC DVD / PLAYS WORLDWIDE
 
This item is a manufactured-on-demand release. Using recordable CDs & DVDs, the label who owns the rights to these MOD releases, custom burns discs for each order sold. Most titles previously had a pressed release but have lapsed out of print and are now only available on these  MOD discs.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional information

Format

MOD DVD

Genre

Adventure, Drama

Region Code

DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)

Former Rental

No

Movie/TV Title

Moby Dick

Release Year

1930

Actor

Joan Bennett, John Barrymore, Lloyd Hughes

Special Features

Manufactured on Demand, NTSC