For Work or Play -- November 4, 2024

San Francisco Examiner, 11-November-1924

Hobart Bosworth (I have always liked his name) was a big tough guy who could act. He had been a friend of Jack London's and produced and starred in a series of movies based on London's stories.

Dayton Daily News, 31-May-1924

Circuit Theater, Seattle -- March 19, 2017

Motography, 03-March-1917

"The very unusual and attractive lobby display made by Manager Merwin of the Circuit Theater, Seattle, for his showing of "The Sea Wolf."  Note the bow of Wolf Larsen's ship Ghost. 

Moving Picture News, 01-November-1913

Actor Hobart Bosworth admired Jack London's writing and formed a company to produce movies based on London's stories and novels.  I was surprised to see that a movie released in late 1913 or early 1914 was still getting big play in 1917. 

Burning Daylight -- October 23, 2014

Missoula Daily Missoulian, 05-October-1914

Actor Hobart Bosworth admired Jack London's writing and formed a company to produce movies based on London's stories and novels.

Jack London published Burning Daylight in 1910 and it was his biggest seller while he lived. I have not read the book, but I use the phrase a lot. This is another story based on London's time in the Klondike. There was later a second movie, Burning Daylight: The Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Civilization.

Martin Eden and Burning Daylight -- September 16, 2014

Moving Picture World, 05-September-1914

Actor Hobart Bosworth admired Jack London's writing and formed a company to produce movies based on London's stories and novels.

I first read Martin Eden one summer while I was in high school.  London's description of working conditions during the Gilded Age made a large impression on me.  Martin Eden shares many of Jack London's traits, as a self-taught man who pulled himself from the bottom to the top.  I have never seen any of the film or television adaptions. 

Moving Picture World, 19-September-1914

Jack London published Burning Daylight in 1910 and it was his biggest seller while he lived.  I have not read the book, but I use the phrase a lot.  It is another story based on London's time in the Klondike.  Has anyone seen the 2010 version? 

The Valley of the Moon -- August 16, 2014

Moving Picture World, August 29, 2014

 

Actor Hobart Bosworth admired Jack London's writing and formed a company to produce movies based on London's stories and novels.

I think I first heard about Jack London's novel The Valley of the Moon when I read a book about San Francisco Bohemians who gathered in Carmel.  London's novel had been out of print, but I found a paperback copy and enjoyed it.  Billy (Jack Conway) and Saxon (Myrtle Steadman) were a young couple who were stifled by city life.  They wandered through California and wound up in Jack London's favorite place, the Valley of the Moon in Sonoma County. 

I don't think the novel has been filmed since 1914. 

Moving Picture World, August 22, 2014

Moving Picture News, August 22, 2014

Moving Picture World, August 29, 2014

Odyssey of the North is based on a short story, "An Odyssey of the North," which London published in 1900.  Hobart Bosworth played Naas, a man of mixed race. 

John Barleycorn -- July 19, 2014

Motography - 11-July-1914

Jack London published John Barleycorn in 1913.  The autobiographical novel told the story of the effects of alcohol on London at different points in his life, starting when he was a boy.  "The Lad Himself -- Age Seven -- DRUNK -- Strongest Plea for Temperance Ever Pictured."  The book became popular with the growing Prohibition movement. 

Actor Hobart Bosworth admired Jack London's writing and formed a company to produce movies based on London's stories and novels. After The Sea Wolf, Bosworth produced John Barleycorn, which was release through Paramount.

Motography - 18-July-1914


Moving Picture World - 04-July-1914

This ad claims that "Wets" (people opposed to Prohibition) tried to pay $25,000 to stop the distribution of the movie.  It reflects the change in distribution from WW Hodkinson to Paramount. 

Moving Picture World - 18-July-1914

Moving Picture World - 18-July-1914

Paramount Program -- July 9, 2014

Paramount Pictures started as a releasing company.  Production companies included Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, which made Mary Pickford's movies, The Jesse L Lasky Feature Play Company, and Bosworth, Inc, which produced movies based on the stories of Jack London.  Notice that Cecil B DeMille, Lasky's primary director, is not mentioned.  From the 25-July-1914 Moving Picture World.  Click on the image to see a larger version. 

The Most Sensational, Thrilling, Gripping, Red Blood Stories Ever Filmed -- June 10, 2014

Actor Hobart Bosworth admired Jack London's writing and formed a company to produce movies based on London's stories and novels.  The first production was The Sea Wolf.  The productions "are undoubtedly the most sensational, thrilling, gripping, red blood stories ever filmed."  Paramount released most of the movies. 

The ad is from the 13-June-1914 Moving Picture World. 

Jack London

Hobart Bosworth (www.listal.com)