Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (Original title)20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Alternative title)
Date: 1916 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Stuart Paton
Shotlist: Adaptation of the Jules Verne novel. Section only. "Next morning Denver cannot resits the impulse to visit "Mysterious Island" while he is near the spot where he set adrift Prince Dakker's child" (2). Two men in diving suits emerge from the sea. On the beach they discard their diving suits and arm themselves with guns (40). Three sailors come across a shipwrecked man in the jungle of the island. They are seen by the two divers. The sailors explain that they are looking for their yacht's owner Charles Denver. The shipwrecked man takes him to Denver who has collapsed. The sailors, shipwrecked man and Denver return to the yacht - all observed by the two divers (243). Dakker in a rowing boat looks through a telescope (254). The group arrives on the yacht (287). A woman breaks through the palm-woven walls of a hut to help a young man (prisoner?) (300). The two divers return to the beach and their diving gear (310ft). Note: first 100ft has nitrate damage.Synopsis: Shot by Marine photographers the Williamson Brothers.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 1916Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Silent
Title: Framing aquatic lifeAuthor: EVANS, GeorginaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Identified parallels between the development of film and aquarium exhibition practices, before exploring theoretical equivalences and formal similarities linking the display tank and the screen. Films discussed include Stuart Paton's 'Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea' (1916), Orson Welles’s 'The Lady from Shanghai' (1947) and Phillip Warnell's 'Outlandish: Strange Foreign Bodies' (2009).
In: Library of Congress Information Bulletin v55 n15 16 Sep 1996 Page: 315
Title: A Pioneer Under the Sea: Library Restores Rare Film Footage.Author: TAVES, Brian Language: English
Description: Mention of the film within an article on the films of J.E. Williamson and Library restoration of their footage.
In: Cinefantastique v14 n3 May 1984 Page: 53
Title: [Cinefantastique - v14 n3 May 1984: no known title]Language: English
Description: Details of this version of the story.
In: Écran Fantastique n9 1979 Page: 100
Title: [ L'Écran Fantastique - n9 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Classic Film Collector n16 Autumn 1966 Pages: 6-7
Title: [Classic Film Collector - n16 Autumn 1966: no known title]Language: English
In: The Bioscope v37 n575 18 Oct 1917 Page: 23
Title: [The Bioscope - v37 n575 18 Oct 1917: no known title]Language: English
Author: STEINBRUNNER, Chris Pages: 282p.
Description: la BELLE ET LA BETE pp. 199-220 The BLACK CAT pp. 75-89 The BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN pp. 89-106 FLASH GORDON pp. 125-150 FORBIDDEN PLANET pp. 269-281 FREAKS pp. 33-48 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS pp. 255-268 KING KONG pp. 49-74 MAD LOVE pp. 107-124 METROPOLIS pp. 15-32 TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA pp. 235-254 Le VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE pp. 3-14
Title: Twenty years under the sea
Author: WILLIAMS, John Ernest Pages: x,[1],252p.
Description: Also in The History of the Cinema 1895-1940 microfiche.
Title: How motion pictures are made
Author: CROY, Homer Pages: [xiii], 365,[1]p.
Description: Also in The History of the Cinema 1895-1940 microfiche. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA pp. 336-350 C. Francis JENKINS pp. 37-54
Date: 1916 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Stuart Paton
Shotlist: Adaptation of the Jules Verne novel. Section only. "Next morning Denver cannot resits the impulse to visit "Mysterious Island" while he is near the spot where he set adrift Prince Dakker's child" (2). Two men in diving suits emerge from the sea. On the beach they discard their diving suits and arm themselves with guns (40). Three sailors come across a shipwrecked man in the jungle of the island. They are seen by the two divers. The sailors explain that they are looking for their yacht's owner Charles Denver. The shipwrecked man takes him to Denver who has collapsed. The sailors, shipwrecked man and Denver return to the yacht - all observed by the two divers (243). Dakker in a rowing boat looks through a telescope (254). The group arrives on the yacht (287). A woman breaks through the palm-woven walls of a hut to help a young man (prisoner?) (300). The two divers return to the beach and their diving gear (310ft). Note: first 100ft has nitrate damage.Synopsis: Shot by Marine photographers the Williamson Brothers.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 1916Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Silent
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Screen v61 n2 Summer 2020 Pages: 169-190Title: Framing aquatic lifeAuthor: EVANS, GeorginaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Identified parallels between the development of film and aquarium exhibition practices, before exploring theoretical equivalences and formal similarities linking the display tank and the screen. Films discussed include Stuart Paton's 'Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea' (1916), Orson Welles’s 'The Lady from Shanghai' (1947) and Phillip Warnell's 'Outlandish: Strange Foreign Bodies' (2009).
In: Library of Congress Information Bulletin v55 n15 16 Sep 1996 Page: 315
Title: A Pioneer Under the Sea: Library Restores Rare Film Footage.Author: TAVES, Brian Language: English
Description: Mention of the film within an article on the films of J.E. Williamson and Library restoration of their footage.
In: Cinefantastique v14 n3 May 1984 Page: 53
Title: [Cinefantastique - v14 n3 May 1984: no known title]Language: English
Description: Details of this version of the story.
In: Écran Fantastique n9 1979 Page: 100
Title: [ L'Écran Fantastique - n9 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Classic Film Collector n16 Autumn 1966 Pages: 6-7
Title: [Classic Film Collector - n16 Autumn 1966: no known title]Language: English
In: The Bioscope v37 n575 18 Oct 1917 Page: 23
Title: [The Bioscope - v37 n575 18 Oct 1917: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
Title: Cinema of the fantasticAuthor: STEINBRUNNER, Chris Pages: 282p.
Description: la BELLE ET LA BETE pp. 199-220 The BLACK CAT pp. 75-89 The BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN pp. 89-106 FLASH GORDON pp. 125-150 FORBIDDEN PLANET pp. 269-281 FREAKS pp. 33-48 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS pp. 255-268 KING KONG pp. 49-74 MAD LOVE pp. 107-124 METROPOLIS pp. 15-32 TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA pp. 235-254 Le VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE pp. 3-14
Title: Twenty years under the sea
Author: WILLIAMS, John Ernest Pages: x,[1],252p.
Description: Also in The History of the Cinema 1895-1940 microfiche.
Title: How motion pictures are made
Author: CROY, Homer Pages: [xiii], 365,[1]p.
Description: Also in The History of the Cinema 1895-1940 microfiche. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA pp. 336-350 C. Francis JENKINS pp. 37-54