In 1933 the negative was destroyed so that all losses incurred by the production could be written off.
Never officially released. The story for this film is variously attributed to Charles Chaplin and Josef von Sternberg. According to newspaper articles, Sternberg directed the film, intended as the screen comeback of Edna Purviance. Filmed as The Sea Gull, it was found lacking by Chaplin, who directed some additional scenes and inserted them into the version finally premiered as A Woman of the Sea at a Beverly Hills theatre. It was screened only once, then withdrawn into Chaplin's vaults.
It, apparently, contains the longest "travelling shot" ever filmed. Filmed by Paul Ivano, the camera was kept on the move for more than ten minutes. This was until Russian Ark (2002), of course.
The only film that Charles Chaplin produced in which he did not also star or direct. Chaplin disliked the finished film so much he termed it 'not human' and decided not to release it. The negative has disappeared.