A Mariner’s Filmography: From 1930 to 2020 Seafaring , Historical , Naval , Maritime Cinema

By Lawrence P. Treadwell Jr.

The book is a UNIQUE movie film guide of seagoing and related films from 1930 to 2020. Included are four hundred Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine movies of all genres - historical, classic, adventure, drama, comedy, musical, wartime productions from Hollywood and the U.K. Each film listed has its title alphabetically in order with the year distributed and the Distributor/Producer. Next are the Director, the Cast, and a Playbook. Films portray all types of ships big and small - liners, warships, submarines, freighters, yachts, sail, craft, fishing types, cutters. “ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR!"
Pirates, NAVY Seals, U-boats, shipwrecks, mutiny, sea battles, lifeboats, carriers, whalers, deserted islands : all and more are shown in these films, mostly in times past.
The reference book is a must for all kinds of sailors and sea lovers to recall their favorites, and to learn about new movies they missed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664131972

Lawrence P. Treadwell Jr.

Lawrence Treadwell was born in Newport, R.I. in 1928, and grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. From a Naval family he joined the Navy in 1945 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1951. As a surface officer he served in the Battleship Missouri, destroyers cruisers, and the Service Force. Larry commanded three ships in his career with service in Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon Operation, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Shore duty was in Washington, Navy Post Graduate School, Monterey, California, and in NATO. Larry retired as a Captain in 1980 and lived in Mathews, Virginia with his wife, Ellen, until she died in 1994. Following a few years in Florida, Larry returned to Mathews, remarried, to Elsie Ward Treadwell. In 2001 McFarland Publisher of Jefferson, N.C. published his booK, THE BULLDOG DRUMMOND ENCYCLOPEDIA, a unique book about the popular British ”Detective” after World War I, including his many films. Herman Cyril McNeile “SAPPER” was Drummond’s creator. Larry lives in Irvington since Elsie passed away in 2014 , Virginia where he worked on his book through the Pandemic.

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FOREWORD

I started to think about Navy movies in 2018 after a bad fall, and all book work stopped during a four-month recovery period under Mrs. Christine Collins, DNP, with Rehab persons Jennifer Hinton and Michelle Lybarger. Beginning in 2019, back in Suite #20, Assisted Living, I began work again.

From my dear wife Elsie, who passed away in 2014, I had seen and learned quite a lot in watching her family tree/genealogy system and work. Son Larry helped me in getting a new IMAC and a few months later (March 2019), a BROTHER Printer. Using those machines is still a challenging, but the upgrade was necessary. John Sites and David Langford here on the staff at RW-C were most helpful in showing me the ropes, and continue to help on call. Efforts for a IMAC tutor and or a group were unsuccessful. Mr. Charlie Purdue, a McFarland Publisher Editor explained my shortcomings and got me off on a different tack. McFarland had published my book, THE BULLDOG DRUMMOND ENCYCLOPEDIA, in 2001.

Using Elsie’s 4 by 6 index cards system, I started listing Navy and Marine Corps movies I remembered, along with DVD catalogues. This project started to grow with son Larry’s help in many ways - sending WIKIPEDIA Summaries and other materials, plus independent resident neighbor Ann Wiggins also did some films for me while I was still using my old MAC sans internet. My Daughter Elizabeth sent me a useful book on the Naval film Genre. Larry and Chris set up a listing of Military Publishers which was handy to use as I was getting into the game.

After rejections from five Publishers, I concluded that the ship could not float. The main comments were that I was mixing my naval experience with film comments, while not being a film critic. In addition, the word count was short.

The four hundred Filmography now includes the Merchant Marine Genre, as mariners, which meant that films with cruise liners, freighters, container ships, trawlers, etc. could qualify; while sharing the Navy and Marine genres’ and also the U.S. Coast Guard. British Mariner films are included to complete the set of movies.

Bonny Magerko and her extraordinary ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT provided much needed assistance to finish. Dedicating the work to R W-C was very logical since the staff kept me going in my power chair.

Lawrence P. Treadwell, Jr. August, 2020

Irvington, Virginia

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Lawrence P. Treadwell, Jr.

INTRODUCTION

Working with the movies which, I have enjoyed since I was growing up, has been an enjoyable hobby off and on for most of the time. The filmography does indeed include the collection of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard films, a large group of British Films which include the Royal Navy, the British Merchant Marine, and Comedies, In addition there are a few other European films with English subtitles, which fit the Mariner criteria such as DAS BOOT. My criteria for inclusion in the set of MARINER films clearly is not rigorous.

An interesting aspect of the Filmography is the chronological association of the films mirroring the events going on at the time of production and release. Military films during World War II, especially Marine Corps and submarine movies became popular during the war. Also, very entertaining were the musical comedies, with big Bands and large numbers of dancers and performers - guests, special and otherwise. As World War II and the Korean War came and ended thankfully, Vietnam was short lived in Hollywood as it dragged to its ugly ending. The Cold War induced a number of submarine films followed by the Navy Seals taking on Special Missions, due to terrorist attacks which became more frequent in the 1990’s. The patterns continued until 9/11 which overhauled all matters pertaining to mariners, such as security. SCIENCE FICTION did not seem to present any solid aspect for inclusion other than was already underwater.

Controversial subjects in the films for the Navy and Mariners were quite few: racial, segregation, fraternization between enlisted and officer ranks, communist sympathizer, these were encountered. Confrontations between the ship captain and executive officer/first mate were frequently in the plot, as were romantic triangles. Abuse of shipboard crews historically was common. One film of old had a slave ship. Movie themes about medical facilities and personnel were infrequent. One film in particular is well known for its bad language: THE LAST DETAIL., dealing with the Navy Shore Patrol with a prisoner in custody taking to prison.

The film industry clearly has connections with the Federal Government and can serve to be a valuable communication asset during emergencies and or wartime. A few of the World War II movies would most certainly be considered propaganda by the experts. Recruiting was needed along with the draft. The big Musical Comedies raised morale, this aspect was not a grievous issue.

Clearly each film has its own attribute. Grouping four hundred films served no useful purpose. Most impressive was the individual movie production, with the photography, the acting, the attire, uniforms, and direction. One may be critical of specific items in a scene, nevertheless these films as a group of movies for over nearly a century are excellent reflections of the film industry. Entertainment is the driving force for the project which is sold for its value to the buyer. Some of the scenes are truly remarkable, causing wonderment as to how it have been done.

Many of the movies do have a wealth of educational value. The language used in the film reflects the kind of words or technical terms which are used aboard a freighter, or a navy ship, or ashore in a courtroom, as the case may be. Geography and history in many of these films about seagoing are vital to the plot; many do not have little or no effect. THE SEA CHASE follows John Wayne’s German freighter from Sydney, Australia to the Norwegian Coast and entry to Baltic