Hell Below (MGM, 1933) Love triangle in World War I.Navy captain searches for a sunken treasure in enemy waters. The cost of this film was so astronomical that it could not possibly post a profit, putting the kibosh on any subsequent Verne adaptations for the next 12 years. The film's storyline combines elements from both 20,000 Leagues and the other Verne novel about Nemo, The Mysterious Island. This production, financed by Universal, would require location photography, large sets, exotic costumes, sailing ships, and a full-size navigable mock-up of the surfaced submarine Nautilus. The 1916 silent version of Jules Vernes' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was "sold" on the basis of its advanced underwater photography, the handiwork of the legendary Williamson Brothers. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916) The third time the novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was made into a film, it was the first time it was made as a full feature film and not a short film.There is a submarine, but Nemo is absent from this film, as are any of the plot elements and dramatic conventions of Verne's story. Melies made over 500 films, but his most famous was A Trip to the Moon made in 1902. 20000 lieues sous les mers (1907) The 1907 silent version of Jules Vernes' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the second time the novel was made into a film, this time an 18 minute short film by Georges Melies, the special-effects pioneer.In May 1905 McCutcheon was lured away from Biograph by Thomas Edison, and McCutcheon, one of American cinema's true pioneers, simply disappears from the historical record after 1910. These films were the first true movie Westerns. In 1903, Biograph released two McCutcheon films, The Pioneers and Kit Carson, both wild-west action stories. Wallace McCutcheon, previously a stage director, was taken on by American Biograph in the spring of 1897, subsequently directing hundreds of short films. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Biograph, 1905) The 1905 silent version was the first time the novel was made into a film, an 18 minute short film by Wallace McCutcheon.The following is a selection of prominent movies on submarines, submarine history, and the men who made and fought them: And Walt Disney couldn't have gotten better publicity had he paid for it. A great tribute to a great writer of fabulous tales of imagination. In part in tribute to that most popular of French authors with American audiences, the Navy named the ship the Nautilus. Right around the time 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was released the United States Navy launched it's first atomic submarine. In contrast, "20,000 Leagues" - with over half a dozen versions stretching over a century in time - is the submarine movie par excellance, the submarine itself is the star. But for completeness "The Mysterious Island" and other movies in which submarines are part of the supporting cast are included here. But in the sequel the submarine makes only a cameo appearance, so "The Mysterious Island" cannot properly be considered a submarine story, nor can its cinematic realizations be considered submarine movies, per se. Verne's novel "The Mysterious Island" was published in 1874 as a sequel to "20,000 Leagues" and it concerned Civil War soldiers who balloon to the strange island home of Captain Nemo, who has invented a submarine. Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is the prototypical submarine story, and much of the romance of this tale is the submarine itself. Some difficulty is encountered in compiling a list of "submarine movies". Once someone makes an excellent film in any particular genre, all other efforts must inevitably measure up or be considered a failure. Part of the problem with submarine pictures is that "Das Boot" and the "The Hunt for Red October" ruined the genre for everyone else. However, it cannot be denied that the submarine has played a major role in both film and print since its inception 100 years ago. Movies normally feature cliches such as the claustrophobia of life beneath the waves and dodging depth charges. Popular culture has both canonized and damned the submarine and their crews. It has become an object of fascination for those drawn to the allure and mystique surrounding the Silent Service. The submarine has influenced more than just the outcome of the wars of the 20th Century. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, 1869 No tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water, No collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water No cove to run short, for electricity is the only power No boilers to burst, no fire to fear, for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood No rigging to attend to, no sails for the wind to carry away No defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron, On the NAUTILUS men's hearts never fail them.
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