THE SEA HAWK-1924-Original version of the novel by Rafael Sabatini (who also wrote Captain Blood and Scaramouche) stars Milton Sills in the swashbuckling lead, who gets shanghaied by pirates after being betrayed by his own brother and kidnapped by Spaniards. He later meets up with The Moors and becomes the title character battling The Spanish in Gibraltar. This has been restored beautifully and TCM has shown it a couple of times.
Enid Bennett is the female lead and Wallace Beery has a standout role as a tough pirate captain. Lloyd Hughes is his brother. Lionel Belmore and Wallace McDonald are also featured. According to the entry the IMDB George O’Brien has a small role as a galley slave.
Star Milton Sills would have probably remained a star in talkies but he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 48 in 1930. Director Frank Lloyd made many silent films and later in the sound era won an Academy Award for DIVINE LADY in 1929. He also made the original MUNTINY ON THE BOUNTY, CAVALCADE and IF I WERE KING. He directed his last film in 1955 and died in 1960.
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