Starring Lionel Barrymore and Jane Daly, the first important science fiction film to use sound and color. Directed by screenwriter Lucien Hubbard (and uncredited co-directors Benjamin Christiansen & Maurice Tourneur) from the Jules Verne novel of islandic techno-utopia, submarines, and undersea dragons, giant squids, and quasi-humans. John Varley has penned a remake screenplay for Disney.
