20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 silent film)

A full-size recreation of Captain Nemo’s ship the Nautilus and ground-breaking underwater photography add authenticity to this early adaptation of Jules Verne’s stories of the undersea adventurer.

Director: Stuart Paton

Credits:

Allan Holubar (Captain Nemo), Jane Gail (A Child of Nature/Princess Daaker), Dan Hanlon (Professor Arronax), Edna Pendleton (Arronax’s daughter), Curtis Benton (Ned Land), Matt Moore (Lt. Bond), Howard Crampton (Cyrus Harding), Wallace Clark (Pencroft), Martin Murphy (Herbert Brown), Leviticus Jones (Neb), William Welch (Charles Denver), Lois Alexander (Princess Daaker’s Daughter), Joseph W. Girard (Major Cameron), Noble Johnson.
Screenplay: Stuart Paton, Photography: Eugene Gaudio, Asst. Photographers: Friend Baker, Milton Loryea, Art Director: Frank D. Ormston, Asst. Director: Martin Murphy, Technical Directors: H.H. Barter and James Milburn, Underwater Photography Process by Williamson Submarine Film Corp., Based on the novels ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ and ‘Mysterious Island’ by Jules Verne.
Universal, USA