
Paul Le Marsan captains his seventeenth-century French pirate ship, the Cygnet, with an iron hand, but is all graciousness and charm with the ladies. When his crew captures the British ship Lady Devon, Paul encounters the beautiful Molly Tarpley, who is en route to join her uncle in the Carolinas.

Kenneth B. Clarke
United States

The Maritime Paradox: Chivalry Amidst the Cannon Smoke To witness The Sea Panther (1918) is to encounter a fascinating relic of the silent era that refuses to be categorized simply as an adventure serial. At its heart, the film is a character study of Paul Le Marsan, portrayed with a magnetic, almost feline grace by...

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Thomas N. Heffron

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" The Maritime Paradox: Chivalry Amidst the Cannon Smoke To witness The Sea Panther (1918) is to encounter a fascinating relic of the silent era that refuses to be categorized simply as an adventure serial. At its heart, the film is a character study of Paul Le Marsan, portrayed with a magnetic, almost feline grace by William Desmond. In an era where many screen heroes were painted in broad, monochromatic strokes of virtue, Le Marsan offers a more complex palette. He is a man of the sword, a co..."


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