Figure 1.-- Here we see Estaban (about 14 years old) with his father Ulysses before the boy sails on his fatal journey (figure 1). Estaban wears a dressy grey short pants suit with white shirt and tie, dark knee socks, and polished lowcut leather shoes..

"Mare Nostrum" (Our Sea,i.e., the Mediterranean, but also the name of the male lead's boat) is an important French silent film. It was directed by Rex Ingram in 1926. Ulysses Ferragut (Antonio Moreno), the owner and captain of the boat, has an uncaring wife and a teenage son, Estaban (Mickey Brantford), whom he loves very much. An evil but sexy German spy Freye (Alice Terry) seduces Ulyssess and inveigles him into helping bring supplies to a German submarine. Ulysses agrees to do this only to have the submarine tragically blow up the ship that his beloved son Estaban is travelling on. Freya Talberg, the seductive spy (who was married incidentally to the film's director, Ingram) is executed by firing squad. In the shot here we see Estaban (about 14 years old) with his father Ulysses before the boy sails on his fatal journey (figure 1). Estaban wears a dressy grey short pants suit with white shirt and tie, dark knee socks, and polished lowcut leather shoes.

Created: May 19, 2004
Last updated: May 19, 2004