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In the aftermath of the Great War, Moby-Dick experienced a resurgence, and two loose adaptations traded on the novel’s increasing prestige, The Sea Beast (1926) and Moby Dick (1930), both starring John Barrymore as Captain Ahab. This chapter examines Barrymore’s role as early interpreter of Melville’s work onscreen. Differing substantially from the source text, these films prioritize the maiming of a young and heroic Ahab, whose status as possessor of a confident, desirable masculinity is radically compromised by his injury – a situation with special and tragic resonance to the interwar period. |
