Martin Eden

About Martin Eden

Martin Eden is a 1914 silent film drama directed by Hobart Bosworth and starring Lawrence Peyton. It is based on the 1909 novel by Jack London.

Martin Eden is a 1914 silent film drama directed by Hobart Bosworth and starring Lawrence Peyton. It is based on the 1909 novel by Jack London.

Contents

Lawrence Peyton - Martin Eden

Viola Barry - Ruth Morse

Herbert Rawlinson - Arthur Morse

Rhea Haines - Lizzie Connolly

Ann Ivers - Maria Silva

Ray Myers - Russ Brissenden

Elmer Clifton - Cub reporter

Hobart Bosworth

Myrtle Stedman

An incomplete print of Martin Eden is held by the Library of Congress. The third and fourth reels of the film are considered lost.

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“I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.”
— Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard (21 August 1903)
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
— The Bulletin, San Francisco, California, December 2, 1916, part 2, p. 1.
“"The cap'n is Wolf Larsen, or so men call him. I never heard his other name. But you better speak soft with him. He is mad this morning. The mate-" But he did not finish. The cook had glided in.”
— Chapter Two
“Wolf - tis what he is. He's not blackhearted like some men. 'Tis no heart he has at all. Wolf. just Wolf, tis what he is. D'ye wonder he's well named?”
— Chapter Six
“Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?”
— Ernest, Ch. I
“The fortunate man is the one who cannot take more than a couple of drinks without becoming intoxicated. The unfortunate wight is the one who can take many glasses without betraying a sign; who must take numerous glasses in order to get the kick.”
— Ch. VI

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