"THE SEA BEAST."

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1926, Page 5

"THE SEA BEAST."

Masefield, Kipling, Conrad, Drake Collins—these and many others, have awakened the magic of the sea by the assembling of words. Herman Melville did so in his story, "Moby Dick," that ocean tale concerning the great white whale ninety feet long, that circled the globe three tunes carrying in his skin more than a hundred broken harpoons—the tale of Captain Ahab -Ceeley maimed by the monster, cheated out of Mb life's happiness by his half-brother, and sailing the seas through, storm and fair weather in the hope of revenge. John Barrymore riafma higTi place in the movie world. One remembers with pleasure his "Beau Brummel" and his "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" —to name but two of many successes —and his excellent work in the spectacular film "The Sea Beast," which commences at the Empress Theatre on Friday, is said to add to his reputation. From peaceful scenes in New Bedford, the theme leads on to exciting whaling exploits, to the poetry and romance of the outer deeps, wave-Bwept decks, storming winds, and the stalward life behind the sky-line in those stirring days back in tbe 'forties. As an effective contrast there is the gentle character of Esther Harper, beloved of. Ahab, and the victim of intrigue, but still remaining faithful. In the end, a happy climax crowns a very human love story.