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The Adventures of Martin Eden is a 1942 (~$14.7 million in 2023) black-and-white adventure film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor. It is based on Jack London's novel Martin Eden (1909).
The Adventures of Martin Eden: Directed by Sidney Salkow. With Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin. Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
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- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Sidney Salkow
- 1942-02-26
Sep 8, 2020 · The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) is a really nice drama loosely based on the book by Jack London. Glenn Ford gives an excellent early performance as the title character. The...
- 86 min
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- Classic Robb's Glenn Ford Channel
Martin Eden (Glenn Ford) is an aspiring writer who takes a job as a merchant seaman. After suffering extreme abuse at the hands of the captain, his boyhood rival Butch Raglan (Ian MacDonald),...
- Adventure
- Glenn Ford
- Sidney Salkow
The Adventures of Martin Eden is a 1942 black-and-white Adventure film based on Jack London's novel Martin Eden, starring Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor and directed by Sidney Salkow.
- Sidney Salkow
Glenn Ford plays Martin Eden, an aspiring writer who signs on a merchant ship as a sailor. Tormented by the ship’s sadistic captain (Ian McDonald), Eden survives the voyage, determined to write an expose of his horrible experiences. At first opposed by the maritime authorities, Martin’s book becomes a best-seller.
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Several films have been based on the book: the first in 1914; the second, The Adventures of Martin Eden, directed by Sidney Salkow in 1942; a third, Martin Eden, directed by Pietro Marcello and set in Naples, in 2019; a fourth in 2020 by independent filmmaker Jay Craven.
