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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783225357 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 0783225350 Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: March 31, 1998 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1946 Sales Rank: 23119 Related Items: Average Rating:
 Rating: - Seafaring in the 1800'sI first read Two Years Before the Mast recently and thoroughly enjoyed it. The movie actually had several stars I was familiar with from my youth,the only criticism I can muster is someone had to Hollywood it,by adding a romantic twist. There was nothing romantic in the life of a sailor in those day's. All in all it is totally worth viewing. Anyone that enjoys reading seafaring tales should certainly read "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick. It is the book from ... Read More Rating: - The horrors of a sailor's lifeAn all star cast under the fine direction of John Farrow gave a quality performance in "Two Years Before the Mast" based on a 1840 novel by Richard Henry Dana. Dana's book was an expose of the deplorable conditions that merchant seaman were forced to live under while asea and under the orders of the ship's captain. In this film Alan Ladd stars as Charles Stewart a spoiled dandy and son of a wealthy Boston shipping magnate in the 1830's. He accidently is pressed into service aboard one ... Read More Rating:  - A Great movie, with a Great Star!One of the best (boys) adventure books ever written was Charles Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. I read this book when I was 12, along with R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island, and DaFoe's Robinson Caruso. This movie adaptation of Dana's work is as close to the book as Hollywood has ever gotten with transfering a book to the screen. Especially since this film was made in the 1940s. Alan Ladd acting was always dynamic. He was truly a good actor. Read More Rating: - Two Years Before the MastThis is a great old movie that is never shown on television any more. I wish they would release it on DVD. Rating:  - SHIPS & WHIPSThis movie is based only loosely on the Richard Henry Dana book. It basically uses that book's 19th-century-sailing-ship setting for a traditional story about the rich boy who "grows up" when thrown into the rough-and-tumble reality of life. Alan Ladd plays the "rich boy" who finds himself forced to assume sailor duties on a ship bound from New England around the tip of Cape Horn. At one point he's stripped to the waist, tied to ropes, and given a flogging in a sequence which everyone ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: 
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