South Sea Adventures (1953)
"Zane Grey's famous Sea Yarn related by Billy the Bos'n (Leo Curley)"--from secondary title card. Author Zane Grey leads a big-game fishing expedition from his home on Santa Catalina Island, off the California coast, to the South Seas. "Zane Grey, novelist, featured in person on a fishing jaunt into the South Seas on the three-masted schooner Fisherman.... Climax[es] in the landing of a huge fish near the Sandwich islands, weighing more than 1,000 pounds.... One capital incident is the photographing of a group of sperm whales off the Mexican coast, spouting and rolling about in a calm sea. Sportsmen brought a small boat up to within a hundred feet or so of the big creatures, with the lecturer dwelling with good effect on the danger of the situation"--Variety review, Apr. 5, 1932.
Primary Title
- South Sea Adventures
Date Broadcast
- 1953
Release Year
- 1953
Duration
- 52:16
Channel
- Media Services
Broadcaster
- The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services
Programme Description
- "Zane Grey's famous Sea Yarn related by Billy the Bos'n (Leo Curley)"--from secondary title card. Author Zane Grey leads a big-game fishing expedition from his home on Santa Catalina Island, off the California coast, to the South Seas. "Zane Grey, novelist, featured in person on a fishing jaunt into the South Seas on the three-masted schooner Fisherman.... Climax[es] in the landing of a huge fish near the Sandwich islands, weighing more than 1,000 pounds.... One capital incident is the photographing of a group of sperm whales off the Mexican coast, spouting and rolling about in a calm sea. Sportsmen brought a small boat up to within a hundred feet or so of the big creatures, with the lecturer dwelling with good effect on the danger of the situation"--Variety review, Apr. 5, 1932.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Film out of copyright. Made for the University of Auckland's educational use.
Notes
- Originally released in cinemas in 1932 with Wedgwood Nowell narrating. This version reissued in 1953 with new narration from Leo Curley as 'Billy the Bos'n'.
Subjects
- Grey, Zane, 1872-1939
- Big game fishing
- Whales
- Oceania--Description and travel
- Documentary films--United States
Genres
- Documentary
- Travel
Contributors
- Zane Grey (Director)
- Thomas J. Geraghty (Writer)
- William Park (Writer)
- Leo Curley (Narrator)
- Romer Grey (Subject)
- Zane Grey (Subject)
- Lawrence Mitchell (Subject)
- Sol Lesser (Producer)
- Thomas B. Middleton (Cinematographer)
- Romer Grey (Cinematographer)
- Robert Carney (Cinematographer)
- S. E. Green (Cinematographer)
- Al Walker (Editor)
- Carl Himm (Editor)
- John Sentesi (Composer)
- Sol Lesser Productions (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Grey, Zane, 1872-1939
- Big game fishing
- Whales
- Oceania--Description and travel
- Documentary films--United States