20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Carl Laemmle, Stuart Paton · 1916

SilentDrama

▶ Play as a picture story

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was not known in the silent era as premier producer of motion pictures. Yet, in 1916 they produced a film that could not be made effectively without expensive special effects and special photography. The novel had previously been made as short films in 1907 by Georges Méliès and in 1913 by French company ÃÂclair.) Marshalling the expertise underwater experts Ernest and George Williamson, Universal financed the extensive production which would require location photography, large sets, exotic costumes, sailing ships, and a full-size navigable mock-up of the surfaced submarine Nautilus.

Directed by

Stuart Paton

Cast

Matt Moore, Noble Johnson, Howard Crampton, Jane Gail, Joseph W. Girard, Allen Holubar

Produced by

Universal Pictures

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