Word: ceeley
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Never, since "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", have we seen Mr. Barrymore in a screen role that fitted him better than the one of Ahab Ceeley. And indeed the two roles have much in common. Ahab, through the treachery of his half-brother, loses a leg to Moby Dick, the whale, who has cost the life of more than one boat's crew. The same brother alienates Ahab's sweetheart, and makes him bitter against all mankind, and as the film unrolls, we see Ahab's character changing before our eyes much the same way as in the dual role...
...manner unusual to the screen in their realism. The direction, that of Millard Webb, is not at all in evidence, which after all is the highest praise that can be accorded. The acting throughout is admirable; the Chinamen, cannibals, and maniacs that make up the wild crew of Captain Ceeley's vessel do not depend entirely upon their make-up to show how wild they are; and Dolores Castello is demurely passionate as the heroine a missionary's daughter, and Ahab's betrothed. In one scene, beneath a tropic moon, John Bar more, aided and abetted by Miss Costello...