Two Years Before the Mast (film)

Two Years Before the Mast is a 1946 adventure film based on Richard Henry Dana Jr.s travel book of the same name.

In 1936, Republic Studios announced plans to make a version of the film starring James Dunn and produced by Bert Clark. Actor Lew Ayres was mentioned as a possible director and Lionel Barrymore, or, if he refused, Walter Connolly was going to star. The movie was meant to be an attempt by Republic to move into bigger budgeted productions. Negotiations with Barrymore, Connolly and Fredric March fell through and the studio tried to sign Herbert Wilcoxon.Republic never made the movie. Edward Small announced plans to film the book in 1939 under his deal with United Artists. However this was postponed when World War Two was declared, as Small was reluctant to make such an expensive film in an uncertain marketplace. Plans to film the novel were again announced in 1940 and 1941 but no movie resulted. ........

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