Desc: The Sea Beast: Directed by Millard Webb. With John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O'Hara, Mike Donlin. This silent movie is based on Melville's classic Moby Dick. Ahab and his brother compete for the affections of minister's daughter Esther. But the great white whale has been eluding the harpooners, bearing many scars of failed attacks. Can our hero Ahab succeed where others have perished?