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The Sea Beast
(1926)
on

This adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick stars John Barrymore and Dolores Costello.

2007 TeleVista edition

The Sea Beast (1926), black & white, 133 minutes, not rated.

TeleVista, no catalog number, UPC 0-29502-89995-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, 4 Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 12 chapter stops, keep case, $19.95.
DVD release date: 11 September 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This edition has been mastered from a fair-to-good quality 16mm reduction print, prepared many years ago by the George Eastman House film archive.

The film is accompanied by a hodge-podge of preexisting recordings.

Not at all recommended, but this is currently the only DVD edition of the film available.

 

 

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other silent era John Barrymore films available on DVD home video:
Beau Brummel (1924)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Eternal Love (1929)
Tempest (1928)
 
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