@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt14jxwrf.5, ISBN = {9780813161129}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt14jxwrf.5}, abstract = {The 1916 silent filmTwenty Thousand Leagues under the Seahad been recognized during its time as a milestone for presenting an elaborate production of a Verne science fiction novel. The absurdity of many of its plot elements did not diminish audiences’ fascination when movie cameras descended beneath the waves to tell a blockbuster fictional story.¹ The interest in this camerawork as a scientific advance, culturally as well as cinematically, was evidenced by Grosset & dunlap issuing a “special submarine edition” of the novel illustrated with scenes from the movie and containing a special foreword; some copies showed a roly-poly}, bookauthor = {Brian Taves}, booktitle = {Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen}, pages = {33--48}, publisher = {University Press of Kentucky}, title = {Searching for a Popular Approach, 1925–1945}, year = {2015} }