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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1331

Below the Surface

192060 minUnited States

Synopsis

A celebrated father-and-son diving team attracts the attention of a confidence man with a false treasure scheme. The son ignores his father's suspicions, and an ill-advised romance draws the family toward another emergency at sea.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 84:01
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Irvin Willat · Public domain

Cast

Hobart Bosworth

Grace Darmond

DirectorsIrvin Willat

Behind the scenes

Irvin Willat directs Hobart Bosworth in a drama built around deep-sea work and maritime rescue. The Library of Congress preserves the film along with production outtakes.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Hobart Bosworth — Unknown author · Public domain
Grace Darmond — Photoplay magazine; http://www.silentladies.com/PhtplayDE.html · Public domain

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