Allen Holubar
Capt. Nemo
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 American silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The film's storyline is based on the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne . It also incorporates elements from Verne's 1875 novel The Mysterious Island .
- $8 million
- December 24, 1916
- $500,000 (equivalent to $11,747,706 in 2019)
- Carl Laemmle
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Directed by Stuart Paton. With Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton, Allen Holubar. A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
- (1.9K)
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Stuart Paton
- 1916-12-24
Jan 14, 2021 · It was his family’s own underwater photography device that made the stunt possible, and it would land Williamson and his brother George a prime picture deal with Universal adapting the Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The 1916 silent film was a groundbreaking spectacle that gave viewers never-before-seen glimpses of the ocean ...
Mar 5, 2006 · By 1916, Hollywood was in full swing enough to make a truly remarkable movie like this one. Not only does it feature the first underwater sequences ever shown in a feature film, but it has a compelling story (based on the Jules Verne novel and well-told), striking cinematography, and amazing special effects for its time.
- Mar 5, 2006
- 579.3K
- k-otic
The first adaptation of two of Jules Verne's novels: 20000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, with the first under sea pictures in a feature film. Why this film? This is the first adaptation of 20000 Leagues Under the Sea as Melies 1907 eponymous short film only shares with Verne's book a submarine called Nautilus.
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During the Civil War, reports of a sea monster attacking ships alarm the Navy. An investigation finds the monster is a submarine, the "Nautilus," commanded by vengeance-seeking Capt. Nemo (Allen ...
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine. Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver--who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and ...
