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Scarlet Seas is a surviving[1] 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.[2][3][4]

Scarlet Seas
Film poster
Directed by	John Francis Dillon
Written by	Bradley King (scenario) Louis Stevens (intertitles)
Story by	W. Scott Darling
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Betty Compson Loretta Young
Cinematography	Sol Polito Frank Bangs (still photography)
Edited by	Jack Gardner Edward Schroeder
Music by	Karl Hajos
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date	January 12, 1929 (1929-01-12)
Running time	7 reels (6,337 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The story was written by W. Scott Darling.[5]

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.[5]

Preservation status

The film was long thought to be lost. A print has been discovered in Italy at Cineteca Italiana.[6]

References

External links

• Scarlet Seas at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Scarlet Seas at silentera.com
• Lobby posters of the film: #1,...#2
• Southseascinema.org a website devoted to island themed films
• Surviving Vitaphone track samples: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
• Vitaphone Soundtrack Collection

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