@@josephpravda9452 Yep, he even resembled Gregory Peck. When you see Royal Dano on the 1956 classic Moby Dick he had a 2 minute role but played a major part foreseeing the ill fated voyage of the Pequod & its crew. And there was no better actor to have portrayed Queequeg than Friedrich von Ledebur. Cool Stuff.
It may be of interest, that Richard Basehart and Royal Dano were supporting actors together in "Gunsmoke", some time (10 to 15 years, perhaps) later, as a captain and his mate, who buy a ranch outside of Dodge City.
@@sorenlilienthal1368 I gotta look up that Gunsmoke episode. Admiral Harriman Nelson was the best ! And there was no better Queequeg and Elijah than Friedrich von Ledebur & Royal Dano on this 1956 classic.. I've seen movie remakes of Moby Dick and they all pale in comparison. Be Well - 🐋🦑
My wife complained that when she read it, - the book was very little story, and it otherwise would go on and on and on all about the occupation and all of the different things that made a whaling craft. Needless to say she did not care for the book at all. But Ishmael made clear this very point even before signing aboard; he said to the Mate that the reason he wanted to go was too learn what it meant to hunt whales ! - so of course the pages are going to teach the reader about the ship, about the skills needed, and about everything aboard and what it was used for. I think it absolutely awesome that you decided to take to classic literature. You know I am sure the comment by Twain regarding classics; He said that generally, people referred to the Classics as those literary works that everyone praised - but nobody ever read ! I am curious as to which among them all happen to be your personal favorites.
@@jackiereynolds2888 It was basically Herman Melville telling his own experience as a whaler. Inspired by the tale of a whale called Mocha Dick and the whaleship Essex which was attacked and sunk by a whale in 1820.
This movie was way ahead of the curve for realism in a time when it wasn't vogue to do so. You can almost smell the sea air and the musty smells of working sailors, tobacco, hemp rope, canvas and wood. Definitely a hard set of men that also appreciated the small light hearted moments.
I kinda jumped when late that first night when Ishmael was asleep in bed, and all-of-a-sudden 'Queequeg' just walks in and hangs up his belongings and just gets right into bed with Ishmael,- that would freak anyone out !
The realism is almost magical. The singing is remarkable. Men were truly something back in those days...brave, hardworking, and tough as shoe leather. What the heck happened?
A great extract. Just loved the shanty singing as the Pequod gets underway Funilly enough the British folksinger and folklorist A L Lloyd who played the shantyman ( black eye patch) went himself on a whaling voyage to the South Atlantic as a young man andin 1967 released an LP called Baleina ballads and songs of the whaling trade which Ihad for years. Also, with fellow singer Ewan McColl an LP Whaler out of New Bedford. These maybe available on CD now but I am not sure.
John Houston really made a remarkably accurate period piece at a time when Hollywood turned out overly romanticized history. “The Alamo” starring John Wayne was awful. “Shenandoah “ starring Jimmy Stewart cast actors who made no effort to look like they were of the actual civil war period. John Houston’s “Moby Dick” was a film making anomaly. An earnest attempt to capture the roughness and hardship of life on 19th century whaling ship. The entire cast looks like Victorian photograph come to life.
I agree with your post, but add the angle that both “The Alamo” and “Shenandoah” were enjoyable movies, but “The Alamo” was horribly inaccurate and Wayne interjected his own Cold War political views into it. “Shenandoah” was a good movie, but yes made no effort to look as if the characters were of that era. There are many movies where the hairstyles, mannerisms and dialect are straight from the time period they are made in and not from the time period portrayed. This movie by Huston was a masterpiece!
Such a gorgeous, classic film! And Youghal still looks a lot like that. One of the most underrated towns in Ireland, actually. An interesting bit of trivia - just a few km up the road from here, at Templemichael, is the spot where Stanley Kubrick filmed the first dueling scene in 'Barry Lyndon'.
Mike hackett would put names on most of the locals,as he has a lot of them in his books.It might also be of interest to note that there was only around 11 minutes of the film made in Youghal,the majority was filmed in Pinewood Studios England and 21 other countries around the world.And yes it was filmed in 1954,and released in 1956.Dvds of the complete film are available on line
"He'll rise and beckon...: Wonderful line -- and not Melville's -- it comes from the pen of Ray Bradbury who wrote the screenplay -- and yet it feels so integral to Melville you somehow feel that it must come from the book!
I've mentioned elsewhere in the comments that this is one case where the movie is better than the book. The book seemed to be more of a guide to whale hunting. This movie was WAY more entertaining. The characters are incredible. Especially Gregory Peck as Ahab. The movie holds your attention. The book had me nodding off several times.
The book was packed full of useless filler. An editor worth his salt would have slashed it to pieces, probably cut out two-thirds of it. The movie, however, was a masterpiece.
I remember my 'Nanny', my Grandmother, taking me to see this film, in Providence, RI, when I was a small boy, I'm 72 now and still enjoy the film. Thank you 'Nanny' for being so good to me, love you always...I have always felt that those folks, in the harbor scene, were local to the area...Did Royal Dano ever deliver a better performance?...
They were locals. My grandfather and a friend were sitting near the quays during filming. John Houston came over talked to them and gave them 10 pounds each which was a fortune at the time. My grandfather and his friend were fishernen and he was very interested by them.
Jeff, thanks for a lovely childhood story and it takes place in Providence, RI. Must have been even more meaningful to see this movie in such a seafaring town. Gloucester, Mass is another I’m sure. The book “Perfect Storm” was a book to read. An easy read, and in a heavy storm, intense, to say the least. Enjoy Providence, Jeff, and many more fond memories too.
A.L. (Bert) Lloyd English folk singer and folklorist as the lead shantyman @ 7.00. Apparently the line 'Go down you blood red roses' was written by Lloyd.
Remorse? Wrong word I think. Their menfolk are about to set off on a long dangerous voyage from which they might never return. Hardly an occasion for merriment.
The camerawork is fantastic! How cool is it to draw a whale 🐋 as your name. Elijah. In the Book of Kings, Elijah was a prophet. How apt that he should foretell their fate! Beautiful movie.
One of those ugly a ss Seahags, no doubt 😂😂😂 “What part did she play?” Duh Do you see chicks in any other part of the movie? Lol good grief. Other than at the church scene.
though shot in youghal which suited huston as he lived in ireland at the time he had intended to shoot in nantucket where the ship the story is based on came from is mentioned heavily in the book and has several whaling museums.however the locals demanded astronomical fees for filming accomadation and use of locations support boats and the various permits they would need.they were trying to exploit the movie makers.they relocated to ireland removed nantucket from the script substituting new bedford.not gonna get rich out of tourists on my movie the sobs huston said! on the last shot of the film peck was tied to the plastic whale towed by an unseen boat.huston had started his end of shoot celebration early with his irish pals a lot of whom were seen in the film.as peck went under the water the tow line broke and the whale drifted out to sea! greg went under several more times but to his credit kept acting.keep shooting was hustons reaction.he got great realistic shots as can be seen but they barely got greg off before he drowned.thank god they did said peck if huston had a couple more drinks me and moby would still be floating round the atlantic.the whale was never recovered .peck said i suppose its still out there scaring mariners who will swear moby dick was real!
Brilliant .Quite the best Moby Dick Film.Acting and script.The Pulpit scene with Orson Welles is inspiring and Gregory Peck is awesome when delivering some of Herman Melvilles text.Ok, the modern retakes are technicaly better,but the acting is not on the same level,(apart from Patrick Steward who plays Ahab well)
Correction to earlier commenr. The 1967 LP by AL Lloyd was called Leviathan and not Baleina. Reissued on CD by Topic Records Featured Alf Edwards who was in the film as the concertina player in the pub scene
I recently finished the book on which this movie was based. Gotta say, it might be blasphemy, but this is one case where the movie was WAY better than the book. The scene with Elijah the Prophet was a fine example.
Yes I come from Co Cork been to Youghal and its famous Clock Tower it was filmed there in 1954 and I went the other way too I stood many years ago in the pulpit of The Seaman's Bethel in New Bedford where Hermen Melville preached in 1840 New Bedford is a must if your going to Cape Cod history of the sea in in the blood.. History of sea monsters too but if you want to see them the Cork coast too lots of sperms, fin and minke whales even a few Killer Whales, dolphins basking sharks we even had Wally the Warlus last year...
Years ago in the 1970s when I was visiting relatives in Ardmore, a man in a bar told us how the the big fake white whale made for the 1956 movie would "escape" and the local fisherman of Youghal would have to go get him. Too funny! Am reading MD at present - it is fascinating for sure.
My father, Patrick Conway, was recruited to build small huts that he thinks were used for some reason by the film company. He remembers a dance, after the movie, where he says some or so Hollywood actors attended. he mentioned Lana Turner?
Wow mick thats great quality footage, im envious i cant seem to get my stuff playing smoothly at all. My grandads pigs were in that film! fame and fortune haha
The funny part is that the initial bid of a 177th part of the profit is about twice the 300th part that Ismael is supposed to thank the first fellow for - just got ripped-off.
@@sorenlilienthal1368 Oh, I must have heard wrong. Nevertheless, that was a common trick pulled on the first time shippers.... along with charging them for food and most everything else. By the way, Melville and Hawthorne were good friends and they were definitely no adherers to the Christian religion,.
@@johnchambers2996 What one of the owners' said about taking the bread out the mouths of shareholders ( many not particularly well off) is still very true in the contemporary world but , of course, 'political incorrect' as it has become so fashionable to demonise corporations.
Absolutely true. The company itself explains it on its website. Looking for a name, they resorted to Melville’s Moby Dick proposing initially “Pequod”, suggesting a sense of adventure, a connection to the Northwest and a link to the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders, but rejected it. Then came “Starbo”, and finally “Starbuck”, by the Ahab’s first mate. And in an old marine book found a mysterious nautical figure of a smiling siren, a twin-tailed mermaid. With a name and a logo, a brand was born in 1971.
@@brianperry nope it was built as a 3 masted schooner it seems it was converted for its screen roles it also played as the Hispaniola the National Maritime Museum has the half block of the ship as built but when RKO pictures purchased it they converted it to its square rigged appearance
a sixtieth part; after all expenses are taken out and the owners paid off, the mysterious native of kokovoko gets 1/60 of the profit. Ishmael gets 5 times less at 1/300, but Bildad thought him worth 1/777, which he was happy to accept, because he was perhaps a fugitive. Awesome movie
@@brianwolle2509 Ishmael is an exile, a wanderer, perhaps a fugitive from something. Ishmael in the Bible was an exile after being driven from home. Ishmael was running but we don't know what from or just wandering seeking himself. BTW, listen to Bob Dylan's Nobel prize speech. I never knew Dylan was influenced by Melville.
Was Ray Bradbury the writer for the screenplay? Queequeq (symbol for all mankind bound to ignorant servitude in the flesh) was played by Friedrich Ledebur. I only saw this when I was @10 yrs old, didn't realize Gregory Peck was in it. The Pequod was portrayed by the "Moby Dick", built in England in 1887 and appropriated by the film industry in 1950. It was later used in "Treasure Island". Behind the scenes: th-cam.com/video/P0gGEaWpf-g/w-d-xo.html
@@oldtimedrumcorps Yes, I met her several times. We were fortunate enough to travel to Youghal every summer and stay with her. A really lovely lady. She passed on when I was in my early teens. Wonderful memories.
"lay not up for yourself, treasures upon earth where moth and rust do corrupt". I believe from the gospel of Matthew. Got to Love Bildad "Hast never been a pirate has thee?. hast not murdered though last captain at sea? He'll do" - if only most interviews were that easy...
I see the fellow taking shelter in a teepee sort of structure and always thought it was unusual for the time period. Did people on ships ever use this sort of thing, or does it have some symbolic meaning in the story? I know it is a very practical shelter, just not on a ship. It looks like Melville wrote a novel called Typee, but that was not related to the shelter.
Nothing like the feeling of climbing up the mast 100 feet over a rolling deck without a safety line' and only a rope to stand on while you wrestled a heavy sail.
Well, they do say that, - "Beauty is in the eye of the ... " Whatever. Todays women would be completely useless at that time and place. Men wanted and needed women who were strong, good Christians, good mothers and companions, and were also good workers and possessed a great deal of intestinal fortitude. 'Good looks' were completely useless; No man would want that.
You want Tall Ships reality? Put away that hand held piece of commercialism and " Read Two Years before the Mast " by Richard Dana . Then after, fetch the tech back up and peck away . " Mornin', may the heavens bless you ."
When man and woman truly loved one another ... Shipping off for year at a time and she will still be there for you when you got home... This generation is so weak and lame 🫤
Oh, I think we should remake this to be relevant. We could use a bunch of college kids for actors and let the director write the script. Then we'll have a hollywood blockbuster.
I loved this movie when I was young. I saw it 55 years ago as a child.
Peck! Born to play this part nobody will improve on this performance.
Except maybe Ricardo Montalbon
Peck didn't like his performance. And I seem to recall one unkind critic commented that it was as wooden as his leg.
@@Wotsitorlabart Nostalgia makes a wooden performance great in many people's eyes.
I think it is fantastic! Many critics panned it.
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What do critics know? People who become critics are those who could never be creators themselves. Peck was brilliant as Ahab.
You couldn't pick a better actor than Royal Dano to play the character Elijah.
Resembles Caradine, but 'tis Dano
@@josephpravda9452 Yep, he even resembled Gregory Peck. When you see Royal Dano on the 1956 classic Moby Dick he had a 2 minute role but played a major part foreseeing the ill fated voyage of the Pequod & its crew. And there was no better actor to have portrayed Queequeg than Friedrich von Ledebur. Cool Stuff.
It may be of interest, that Richard Basehart and Royal Dano were supporting actors together in "Gunsmoke", some time (10 to 15 years, perhaps) later, as a captain and his mate, who buy a ranch outside of Dodge City.
@@sorenlilienthal1368 I gotta look up that Gunsmoke episode. Admiral Harriman Nelson was the best ! And there was no better Queequeg and Elijah than Friedrich von Ledebur & Royal Dano on this 1956 classic.. I've seen movie remakes of Moby Dick and they all pale in comparison. Be Well - 🐋🦑
Great movie even greater musical score I like they way they incorporated the sea shanties
About 30 years ago I decided to read one "classic" book every year. Self discipline, right?
It's been a great 30 years!
Moby Dicks was AWESOME.
My wife complained that when she read it, - the book was very little story, and it otherwise would go on and on and on all about the occupation and all of the different things that made a whaling craft. Needless to say she did not care for the book at all.
But Ishmael made clear this very point even before signing aboard; he said to the Mate that the reason he wanted to go was too learn what it meant to hunt whales ! - so of course the pages are going to teach the reader about the ship, about the skills needed, and about everything aboard and what it was used for.
I think it absolutely awesome that you decided to take to classic literature.
You know I am sure the comment by Twain regarding classics; He said that generally, people referred to the Classics as those literary works that everyone praised - but nobody ever read !
I am curious as to which among them all happen to be your personal favorites.
What has been your favorite classic so far?
Herman Melville needed a good editor. Unfortunately, he did not have one.
@@jackiereynolds2888 It was basically Herman Melville telling his own experience as a whaler. Inspired by the tale of a whale called Mocha Dick and the whaleship Essex which was attacked and sunk by a whale in 1820.
Queequeg has always been one of my favorite characters in all of cinema.
Frederick von lederbur
This movie was way ahead of the curve for realism in a time when it wasn't vogue to do so. You can almost smell the sea air and the musty smells of working sailors, tobacco, hemp rope, canvas and wood. Definitely a hard set of men that also appreciated the small light hearted moments.
Read ; " Two Years before the Mast" a classic by Richard Henry Dana . You describe the sailors as the actually were !
I kinda jumped when late that first night when Ishmael was asleep in bed,
and all-of-a-sudden 'Queequeg' just walks in and hangs up his belongings and just gets right into bed with Ishmael,- that would freak anyone out !
The realism is almost magical. The singing is remarkable. Men were truly something back in those days...brave, hardworking, and tough as shoe leather. What the heck happened?
@@harrykadaras9459 Feminism and not hurting 'feewings'.
A great extract. Just loved the shanty singing as the Pequod gets underway Funilly enough the British folksinger and folklorist A L Lloyd who played the shantyman ( black eye patch) went himself on a whaling voyage to the South Atlantic as a young man andin 1967 released an LP called Baleina ballads and songs of the whaling trade which Ihad for years. Also, with fellow singer Ewan McColl an LP Whaler out of New Bedford. These maybe available on CD now but I am not sure.
John Houston really made a remarkably accurate period piece at a time when Hollywood turned out overly romanticized history. “The Alamo” starring John Wayne was awful. “Shenandoah “ starring Jimmy Stewart cast actors who made no effort to look like they were of the actual civil war period. John Houston’s “Moby Dick” was a film making anomaly. An earnest attempt to capture the roughness and hardship of life on 19th century whaling ship. The entire cast looks like Victorian photograph come to life.
So true. Good post and well explained
I agree with your post, but add the angle that both “The Alamo” and “Shenandoah” were enjoyable movies, but “The Alamo” was horribly inaccurate and Wayne interjected his own Cold War political views into it. “Shenandoah” was a good movie, but yes made no effort to look as if the characters were of that era. There are many movies where the hairstyles, mannerisms and dialect are straight from the time period they are made in and not from the time period portrayed. This movie by Huston was a masterpiece!
Excellent point. "Moby Dick" almost has a documentary feel, it's so realistic. Amazing movie.
I agree.
@@michaelc.6532 Which Cold Wars political views did he interject?
Probably the most terrifying prophecy in cinema I've ever seen.
Its my dark pleasure///////
Such a gorgeous, classic film! And Youghal still looks a lot like that. One of the most underrated towns in Ireland, actually. An interesting bit of trivia - just a few km up the road from here, at Templemichael, is the spot where Stanley Kubrick filmed the first dueling scene in 'Barry Lyndon'.
Very moving: the farewell scene. The women of the whalers facing a separation from their sons or husbands for 3 years (or forever).
8:52 Funny: the first mate Starbuck got to be the namesake of the well known worldwide coffee chain.
Andreas, are you sure it's not the one from Battlestar Galactica? Just wondering offhand.
Mike hackett would put names on most of the locals,as he has a lot of them in his books.It might also be of interest to note that there was only around 11 minutes of the film made in Youghal,the majority was filmed in Pinewood Studios England and 21 other countries around the world.And yes it was filmed in 1954,and released in 1956.Dvds of the complete film are available on line
"He'll rise and beckon...: Wonderful line -- and not Melville's -- it comes from the pen of Ray Bradbury who wrote the screenplay -- and yet it feels so integral to Melville you somehow feel that it must come from the book!
The author of The Illustrated Man wrote excellent dialogue; thinking himself into the shoes and minds of the crew of the Pequod was a rare talent.
And Elijah was played by the great character actor Royal Dano!
@@kennethrouse7942 Should have gotten an award for sure. Great acting. "Mornin' shipmates, mornin'. May the heavens bless ye."
I've mentioned elsewhere in the comments that this is one case where the movie is better than the book. The book seemed to be more of a guide to whale hunting. This movie was WAY more entertaining. The characters are incredible. Especially Gregory Peck as Ahab. The movie holds your attention. The book had me nodding off several times.
The book was packed full of useless filler. An editor worth his salt would have slashed it to pieces, probably cut out two-thirds of it. The movie, however, was a masterpiece.
I remember my 'Nanny', my Grandmother, taking me to see this film, in Providence, RI, when I was a small boy, I'm 72 now and still enjoy the film. Thank you 'Nanny' for being so good to me, love you always...I have always felt that those folks, in the harbor scene, were local to the area...Did Royal Dano ever deliver a better performance?...
They were locals. My grandfather and a friend were sitting near the quays during filming. John Houston came over talked to them and gave them 10 pounds each which was a fortune at the time. My grandfather and his friend were fishernen and he was very interested by them.
Jeff, thanks for a lovely childhood story and it takes place in Providence, RI. Must have been even more meaningful to see this movie in such a seafaring town. Gloucester, Mass is another I’m sure. The book “Perfect Storm” was a book to read. An easy read, and in a heavy storm, intense, to say the least. Enjoy Providence, Jeff, and many more fond memories too.
@@pegg38Oh yes, I have read it...Funny how 'snapshots' from our past reveal themselves from time to time...
@@reggie2459 Thank you for your story sir...
@@jeffsmith2022 your welcome..lovely stories..to be able to tell.
Bradbury improved the story, making it all the more creepy and fantastic.
Agreed. Melville's book is awful. The movie, however, is a masterpiece.
Royal Dano was such a talented actor he could play any character or part.
The movie stands the test of time as befits a classic.
Elijah was portrayed by actor Royal Dano. I read Lord of the Rings while in Vietnam and I always pictured him in the part of Aragorn.
he was in the movie slaughter house 5
Good actor
He was “Ten Spot” in ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’. the man could play anything….
0:37 The young red-head lad at the beginning is Richard Basehart. 4:28 - Royal Dano.
Richard Basehart did the opening narration for Knight Rider.
A.L. (Bert) Lloyd English folk singer and folklorist as the lead shantyman @ 7.00.
Apparently the line 'Go down you blood red roses' was written by Lloyd.
"A mild, mild day, Starbuck..." Poetry!
I especially liked the three harpooneers -- Quequeeg, Tashtego and Nagoo.
Daggoo actually.
The women felt the premonition of dread with Captain Ahab at the helm. That is why they look so worn down and full of remorse.
Remorse? Wrong word I think.
Their menfolk are about to set off on a long dangerous voyage from which they might never return. Hardly an occasion for merriment.
I enjoyed watching this movie, they had the right actors.
Natural born spearchucker. Amazing scene. Amazing movie.
The camerawork is fantastic!
How cool is it to draw a whale 🐋 as your name.
Elijah. In the Book of Kings, Elijah was a prophet. How apt that he should foretell their fate!
Beautiful movie.
1:18 "...on second thought, i don't want to go whaling anymore" =D
My grandmother was in this :)
Becker, what part did she play? Very interesting.
Sweet
What part was she?
One of those ugly a ss Seahags, no doubt 😂😂😂
“What part did she play?” Duh
Do you see chicks in any other part of the movie? Lol good grief.
Other than at the church scene.
though shot in youghal which suited huston as he lived in ireland at the time he had intended to shoot in nantucket where the ship the story is based on came from is mentioned heavily in the book and has several whaling museums.however the locals demanded astronomical fees for filming accomadation and use of locations support boats and the various permits they would need.they were trying to exploit the movie makers.they relocated to ireland removed nantucket from the script substituting new bedford.not gonna get rich out of tourists on my movie the sobs huston said! on the last shot of the film peck was tied to the plastic whale towed by an unseen boat.huston had started his end of shoot celebration early with his irish pals a lot of whom were seen in the film.as peck went under the water the tow line broke and the whale drifted out to sea! greg went under several more times but to his credit kept acting.keep shooting was hustons reaction.he got great realistic shots as can be seen but they barely got greg off before he drowned.thank god they did said peck if huston had a couple more drinks me and moby would still be floating round the atlantic.the whale was never recovered .peck said i suppose its still out there scaring mariners who will swear moby dick was real!
One man' 'exploit' is another man's 'business acumen'!
@@edwardhogan1877 in this case the acumen didnt work as huston filmed itin ireland and never mentioned nantucket in the script.
i homeschool n my kids love this movie!!!
Great Elijah scene
Brilliant .Quite the best Moby Dick Film.Acting and script.The Pulpit scene with Orson Welles is inspiring and Gregory Peck is awesome when delivering some of Herman Melvilles text.Ok, the modern retakes are technicaly better,but the acting is not on the same level,(apart from Patrick Steward who plays Ahab well)
I thought Patrick Stewart was lame.
The sea shantie, "A-Roving."
I suppose it's "Blood Red Roses".
...and "Heave Away, My Johnny"
Correction to earlier commenr. The 1967 LP by AL Lloyd was called Leviathan and not Baleina. Reissued on CD by Topic Records Featured Alf Edwards who was in the film as the concertina player in the pub scene
Awesome movie. Couldn’t make a movie as character driven, with all of Hollywood’s “finest”, if you poured a billion dollars over it…
I recently finished the book on which this movie was based. Gotta say, it might be blasphemy, but this is one case where the movie was WAY better than the book. The scene with Elijah the Prophet was a fine example.
Yes, the book was a real yawner. Stuffed to the gills with worthless information. The movie, however, is a masterpiece.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸The old stars and stripes never had fly so proud than in this movie on the Pequod mast. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
For those who don't know, Youghal, in southern Ireland, where this scene was filmed, is pronounced "Y'awl", like in the American south.
Yes I come from Co Cork been to Youghal and its famous Clock Tower it was filmed there in 1954 and I went the other way too I stood many years ago in the pulpit of The Seaman's Bethel in New Bedford where Hermen Melville preached in 1840 New Bedford is a must if your going to Cape Cod history of the sea in in the blood.. History of sea monsters too but if you want to see them the Cork coast too lots of sperms, fin and minke whales even a few Killer Whales, dolphins basking sharks we even had Wally the Warlus last year...
Years ago in the 1970s when I was visiting relatives in Ardmore, a man in a bar told us how the the big fake white whale made for the 1956 movie would "escape" and the local fisherman of Youghal would have to go get him. Too funny! Am reading MD at present - it is fascinating for sure.
Seems a little odd that the rookie is explaining the whaling ship to the seasoned harpooner.
Maybe someone said it already, but the film was released in 1956, not 54.
Excellent apprenticeship to become the Admiral of the Seaview.
I remember it well and visiting the set.
When movies were worth watching.
"All tricked out ' They knew the language
My father, Patrick Conway, was recruited to build small huts that he thinks were used for some reason by the film company. He remembers a dance, after the movie, where he says some or so Hollywood actors attended. he mentioned Lana Turner?
Wow mick thats great quality footage, im envious i cant seem to get my stuff playing smoothly at all.
My grandads pigs were in that film! fame and fortune haha
Leo Genn as Starbucks and as Petronius as well.He was always with mad people as a guide.He did his best to keep them in touch with reality.
The funny part is that the initial bid of a 177th part of the profit is about twice the 300th part that Ismael is supposed to thank the first fellow for - just got ripped-off.
Initially, it was the 777th part of the profit. And the heathen Queequegg got 5 times the amount of the good, strapping christian Ishmael.
@@sorenlilienthal1368 Oh, I must have heard wrong. Nevertheless, that was a common trick pulled on the first time shippers.... along with charging them for food and most everything else. By the way, Melville and Hawthorne were good friends and they were definitely no adherers to the Christian religion,.
@@johnchambers2996 What one of the owners' said about taking the bread out the mouths of shareholders ( many not particularly well off) is still very true in the contemporary world but , of course, 'political incorrect' as it has become so fashionable to demonise corporations.
@@edwardhogan1877 Got to love the common platitude about corporations not being people. I guess the same holds for governments and taxpayers too.
Great sea Score
Absolutely! Best sea score of all time. Does for Moby Dick what Steiner's score did for King Kong.
I read that the character Starbuck is the basis for the name of the famed American coffee company. Don't know for sure if this is true.
Absolutely true. The company itself explains it on its website. Looking for a name, they resorted to Melville’s Moby Dick proposing initially “Pequod”, suggesting a sense of adventure, a connection to the Northwest and a link to the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders, but rejected it. Then came “Starbo”, and finally “Starbuck”, by the Ahab’s first mate. And in an old marine book found a mysterious nautical figure of a smiling siren, a twin-tailed mermaid. With a name and a logo, a brand was born in 1971.
My mother was an extra in this film
Great movie…Gregory Peck was awesome in this!
the ship is the 3 masted schooner Rylands built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock near Lancaster, England
The ship is a Barque… a schooner is fore and aft rigged
@@brianperry nope it was built as a 3 masted schooner it seems it was converted for its screen roles it also played as the Hispaniola the National Maritime Museum has the half block of the ship as built but when RKO pictures purchased it they converted it to its square rigged appearance
I thought Queequeg earned 90th percent of the cut. In this one they gave him 60th percent
a sixtieth part; after all expenses are taken out and the owners paid off, the mysterious native of kokovoko gets 1/60 of the profit. Ishmael gets 5 times less at 1/300, but Bildad thought him worth 1/777, which he was happy to accept, because he was perhaps a fugitive. Awesome movie
no evidence of ishmail being a fugitive!
@@brianwolle2509 Ishmael is an exile, a wanderer, perhaps a fugitive from something. Ishmael in the Bible was an exile after being driven from home. Ishmael was running but we don't know what from or just wandering seeking himself. BTW, listen to Bob Dylan's Nobel prize speech. I never knew Dylan was influenced by Melville.
Peck doesn't blink at all; how did he do it?
He learned that from Sandy Meisner.
Captn Ahab ain't got no soul, THAT'S how.
Royal Dano was such a talented actor
Was Ray Bradbury the writer for the screenplay? Queequeq (symbol for all mankind bound to ignorant servitude in the flesh) was played by Friedrich Ledebur. I only saw this when I was @10 yrs old, didn't realize Gregory Peck was in it. The Pequod was portrayed by the "Moby Dick", built in England in 1887 and appropriated by the film industry in 1950. It was later used in "Treasure Island". Behind the scenes: th-cam.com/video/P0gGEaWpf-g/w-d-xo.html
Boy, those townsfolk sure looked happy!
Hannah flavin .....my mum could name them all. Her name was Kathleen Corbett
Mrs M Stack who lived in South Cross Rd at 6:36 forefront.
Really cool info .Did you know her ? A beautiful Grandma . Perfectly cast . I would venture ,Rest her Soul ?
@@oldtimedrumcorps Yes, I met her several times. We were fortunate enough to travel to Youghal every summer and stay with her.
A really lovely lady. She passed on when I was in my early teens. Wonderful memories.
Oh her! She had such a beautiful "Gran" face!
Royal Dano shipmates. Five great minutes.
This dude straight up signed a whale…
"lay not up for yourself, treasures upon earth where moth and rust do corrupt". I believe from the gospel of Matthew. Got to Love Bildad "Hast never been a pirate has thee?. hast not murdered though last captain at sea? He'll do" - if only most interviews were that easy...
😂😂😂Christ in a Cartoon.....
Just great...Thank you very much.I can smell the salt air and fear of whales...Up helm, friends!
I see the fellow taking shelter in a teepee sort of structure and always thought it was unusual for the time period. Did people on ships ever use this sort of thing, or does it have some symbolic meaning in the story? I know it is a very practical shelter, just not on a ship. It looks like Melville wrote a novel called Typee, but that was not related to the shelter.
in the book, it was the first captain who was in the teepee, not the second. he was down below.
Whale ships often had a large oven on the deck to melt down the whale oil and you could see them from the smoke from miles away.
When men were made of steel and ships were made of wood.
Still, women were, and still are, more appreciative of wood.
Nothing like the feeling of climbing up the mast 100 feet over a rolling deck without a safety line' and only a rope to stand on while you wrestled a heavy sail.
Lloyd Bridges is the guy showing the ship...
Wow, crazy job interview "Have you ever murdered your captain?"
Goddamn tiny hats have controlled everything
With women that looked like that ashore... no wonder so many men were happy to ship out for years at a time. 😱😱😱
Not a very nice comment.
Hilarious comment
Tahiti or bust!
@@mitchelputman538 Michael didn't have a mother!
Well, they do say that, -
"Beauty is in the eye of the ... " Whatever.
Todays women would be completely useless at that time and place. Men wanted and needed women who were strong, good Christians, good mothers and companions, and were also good workers and possessed a great deal of intestinal fortitude. 'Good looks' were completely useless;
No man would want that.
Do you want the fictional names or the actors?
This Movie's Year Is 1956.
Round the world round the world
The movie came out in 1956, not 1954.
OK, so I see that the scenes were shot in 1954.
The scenes here were shot in 1954 the film was then released in 1956
Christ. Check the length of that guy's hair for a '50s film. 04:21 >
I thought these scenes were Fishguard in Wales?
All the harbour scenes were filmed in Youghal Co.Cork, Ireland in 1954..The film was released in 1956
What song they sing?
You want Tall Ships reality? Put away that hand held piece of commercialism and " Read Two Years before the Mast " by Richard Dana . Then after, fetch the tech back up and peck away . " Mornin', may the heavens bless you ."
Later remakes of this movie were garbage.
john houston explains why this looks so good and the era explains why it sounds so bad
When man and woman truly loved one another ... Shipping off for year at a time and she will still be there for you when you got home... This generation is so weak and lame 🫤
Dickie Moe....
The Essex had a rougher time of it.
6:12 the women withe gray hair is my great grand mothers cousin i knew she was in moby dick i just didnt really watch the movie
I always thought this was a Disney movie....until they kill a whale.
Is that Sterling Hayden ?
Ishmael was played by Richard Basehart, Queequegg by Friedrich von Ledebur
Basehart fantastic in all his roles.
When brims were flat
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There all dead now.
Very true, LOL
Give us a good chsnty!!
Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer
Oh, I think we should remake this to be relevant. We could use a bunch of college kids for actors and let the director write the script. Then we'll have a hollywood blockbuster.
Who played queequeg?
The Austrian actor Friedrich von Ledebur
@@sorenlilienthal1368 interesting, thanks!
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