Scarlet Seas

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

Scarlet Seas is a lost^[1] 1929 silent film romantic adventure 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 teen Loretta Young. This film was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack of music and effects which survive. The visual elements of the film are lost.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Richard Barthelmess - Steven Dunkin
Betty Compson - Rose
Loretta Young -Margaret Barbour
James Bradbury Sr. - Johnson
Jack Curtis - Toomey
Knute Erickson - Captain Barbour

uncredited

Shorty English - Sailor

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Scarlet Seas
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c. 1971
↑ Scarlet Seas at Arne Andersen's Lost film Files: First National Pictures 1928

External links

Scarlet Seas at the Internet Movie Database
Scarlet Seas 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

Films directed by John Francis Dillon

1910s	The Key to Yesterday (1914) His taking Ways(uncredited) (1914) Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (1915) Curing Father (1915) Deserted at the Auto (1915) One to the Minute (1915) Almost a Widow (1915) Johnny the Barber (1915) Anita's Butterfly (1915) Two Hearts and a Thief (1915) Kiddus, Kids and Kiddo (1915) Getting in Wrong (1916) Some Night (1916) Bungling Bill's Burglar (1916) Walk This Way (1916) Paddy's Political Dream (1916) Igorrotes, Crocodiles, and a Hat Box (1916) Heaven Will Protect a Woiking Goil (1916) Too Much Married (1916) Love Dynamite and Baseballs (1916) More Truth Than Poetry (1916) Bungling Bill's Peeping Ways (1916) Search Me! (1916) The Lion Hearted Chief (1916) Bungling Bill, Detective (1916) Knocking Out Knockout Kelly (1916) A Mix-Up in Photos (1916) Slipping It Over on Father (1916) Bungling Bill, Doctor (1916) A Mixup at Rudolph's (1916) Chinatown Villains (1916) National Nuts (1916) When Papa Died (1916) Nailing on the Lid (1916) His Blowout (1916) Delinquent Bridegrooms (1916) The Iron Mitt (1916) Just for a Kid (1916) Hired and Fired (1916) A Deep Sea Liar (1916) For Ten Thousand Bucks (1916) Bungling Bill's Dress Suit (1916)

1920s	Suds (1920) The Right of Way (1920) Blackbirds (1920) The Plaything of Broadway (1921) Children of the Night (1921) The Roof Tree (1921) Gleam O'Dawn (1922) The Yellow Stain (1922) The Cub Reporter (1922) Calvert's Valley (1922) Man Wanted (1922) The Broken Violin (1923) The Self-Made Wife (1923) The Huntress (1923) Flaming Youth (1923) Lilies of the Field (1924) The Perfect Flapper (1924) Flirting with Love (1924) If I Marry Again (1925) One Way Street (1925) Chickie (1925) The Half-Way Girl (1925) We Moderns (1925) Too Much Money (1926) Don Juan's Three Nights (1926) Midnight Lovers (1926) Love's Blindness (1926) The Sea Tiger (1927) The Prince of Headwaiters (1927) Smile, Brother, Smile (1927) The Crystal Cup (1927) Man Crazy (1927) The Noose (1928) The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928) Out of the Ruins (1928) Scarlet Seas (1928) Children of the Ritz (1929) Careers (1929) Fast Life (1929) Sally (1929)

1930s	Spring Is Here (1930)(uncredited) (1930) Bride of the Regiment (1930) The Girl of the Golden West (1930) One Night at Susie's (1930) Kismet (1930) Millie (1931) The Finger Points (1931) The Reckless Hour (1931) The Pagan Lady (1931) Behind the Mask (1932) The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) Man About Town (1932) Call Her Savage (1932) Humanity (1933) 'Tis Spring (1933) The Big Shakedown (1934)