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The Wreck of the Hesperus: Directed by John Hoffman. With Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry, Holmes Herbert. A disgraced sea captain goes into the ship-salvage business but he suspects that his partner uses misplaced lanterns to intentionally wreck ships during stormy nights.
Based on a True Story. ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus’ is a moral poem, and the characters are very much original. However, the poem is based on a couple of different disasters of the 1800s. Firstly, Longfellow based this poem on the wreck of the Favorite in 1839, which sank in Norman’s Woe off the coast of Massachusetts.
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) Libération : 1948-02-04 Genre : Drame Runtime : 70 minutes Page d'accueil : Entreprise : Columbia Pictures Jeter : Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry, Holmes Herbert, Wilton Graff
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The Wreck of the Hesperus is a 1948 American adventure film directed by John Hoffman and starring Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan and Patricia Barry. It was produced by silent film actor Wallace MacDonald in association with Columbia Pictures, which also distributed the film. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
The Wreck of Der Hesperus ist ein amerikanischer Abenteuerfilm von 1948 unter der Regie von John Hoffman mit Willard Parker , Edgar Buchanan und Patricia Barry . Es wurde vom Stummfilmschauspieler Wallace MacDonald in Zusammenarbeit mit Columbia Pictures produziert, der auch den Film verteilte. Es befindet sich in der Sammlung der Library of Congress.
Although a February 1946 Daily Variety news item noted that Michel Kraike was set to produce the film under the executive supervision of Bennie F. Zeidman, the film credits only Wallace MacDonald as the producer. Some filming took place in Laguna Beach, CA. Other films based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem include a 1926 British short, the 1927 Paramount film The Wreck of the Hesperus ...
