Volume II: Filmography

THIRTY THOUSAND LEAGUES

UNDER THE SEA

Sketch (L) of method of underwater photography used by Carl Louis Gregory in 1914. Carl Louis Gregory estate, courtesy of Ralph Graham, M.D. (M-3)

Photographer Carl Louis Gregory (C) at the top of the undersea tube in the Bahamas, with J.E. Williamson and George M. Williamson (with camera) looking on.

Courtesy of Dominick Bruzzese (X-266-1)

An undersea diver (R) photographed by Carl Louis Gregory in the Bahamas using the undersea tube. Courtesy of Dominick Bruzzese (X-266-2)

Advertising Herald for Thirty Leagues Under the Sea (30_leagues)

a.k.a. THIRTY LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

(Submarine Film Corporation-Thanhouser)

September 14, 1914 (Monday)

Length: ?

Character: Documentary

Director: Carl Louis Gregory

Scenario: Carl Louis Gregory

Cameraman: Carl Louis Gregory

Cast: George M. Williamson, one of the Williamson brothers, appears in several scenes

Location: Nassau Harbor, Nassau, Bahama Islands

Notes: 1. As was the case with Terrors of the Deep, this feature was made from footage cut from the 20,000 feet of film taken by Carl Louis Gregory in the Bahamas in a two-month period ending June 10, 1914. 2. The initial showing of this film was at the public opening of The Broadway Rose Gardens, New York City, on September 14, 1914. See Terrors of the Deep, listed in the present filmography under August 7, 1914, for further information. The feature continued to be shown through October 1914. 3. The film was designated as Thirty Leagues Under the Sea in early publicity. The title finally used was inspired by Jules Verne's 19th century tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 4. In January 1915, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company made an arrangement to take control of the Williamson Submarine Motion Pictures Co., owned by the Williamson brothers. A related film, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, made with the Williamson apparatus, was released by Universal in September 1916.

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