Jack London's The Sea Wolf: A Screenplay

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Rocco Fumento and Tony Williams present the final version of Robert Rossen’s screenplay for Jack London’s The Sea Wolf. Released in 1941, this classic film was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Edward G. Robinson as Wolf Larsen, John Garfield as George Leach, Ida Lupino as fugitive Ruth Webster, Alexander Knox as writer Humphrey Van Weyden, and Howard da Silva as Harrison.

Both the novel and the film feature a hard-luck assemblage condemned either by savage coercion or pure...

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Rocco Fumento and Tony Williams present the final version of Robert Rossen’s screenplay for Jack London’s The Sea Wolf. Released in 1941, this classic film was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Edward G. Robinson as Wolf Larsen, John Garfield as George Leach, Ida Lupino as fugitive Ruth Webster, Alexander Knox as writer Humphrey Van Weyden, and Howard da Silva as Harrison.

Both the novel and the film feature a hard-luck assemblage condemned either by savage coercion or pure evil fortune to sail aboard the Ghost, a seal-harvesting vessel commanded by a power-mad tyrant—the aptly named Wolf Larsen. Discussing the process of turning literature into film, Fumento and Williams analyze in detail the differences between London’s Sea Wolf and Rossen’s screenplay.

Re-creating the world into which the movie emerged, each editor provides a separate introduction. Fumento analyzes the role of Warner Brothers in determining relevant production and allegorical features of the final film version. Williams describes London’s reasons for writing the original novel in 1903, its appeal for the cinema, the different film versions—at least eight-that have appeared, and the social and historical context influencing Rossen’s screenplay.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780809321766
  • Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/1998
  • Edition description: 1st Edition
  • Pages: 199
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.75 (d)

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Robert Rossen wrote scripts for many Warner Brothers films promoting social consciousness. He directed Body and Soul (1947) and All the Kings Men (1949).

Rocco Fumento, professor emeritus of English at the University of Illinois, is a fiction writer with several novels to his credit. He edited and introduced the Warner Brothers screenplay, 42nd Street. His many film articles include an interview with Federico Fellini in Film/Literature Quarterly.

Tony Williams is a professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is the author of Jack London: The Movies

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