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Author Herman Melville was born 200 years ago today, on 01-August-1819. I don't remember reading any of his novels in high school, but I read
Moby Dick (twice) and
Billy Budd in college. Later I read
Typee,
Omoo and
The Confidence-Man. I need to read some of his others.
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Melville's centennial in 1919 led to a rediscovery of his work, but as far as I can tell, the first film adaption was
The Sea Beast, a 1926 adaption of
Moby Dick. John Barrymore played Ahab.
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The second adaption was a talkie remake of Moby Dick, again starring Barrymore.
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John Huston directed the 1956 version of
Moby Dick. He also wrote the screenplay with Ray Bradbury.
I am surprised that no one adapted the short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" until 1956. This was a French television production.
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In the 1962
Billy Budd, Peter Ustinov played the captain, co-wrote the scenario and directed.
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