The Eternal Sapho
| The Eternal Sapho |
Theatrical poster to The Eternal Sapho likenesses of Theda Bara and Warner Oland |
| Directed by |
Bertram Bracken |
| Produced by |
William Fox |
| Written by |
Alphonse Daudet (novel)
Mary Murillo |
| Starring |
Theda Bara
James Cooley |
| Distributed by |
Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) |
May 7, 1916 (1916-05-07) |
| Running time |
50 minutes |
| Country |
United States |
| Language |
Silent
English intertitles |
The Eternal Sapho is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where Fox many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2][3] The film is now considered to be lost.[4]
Cast
- Theda Bara - Laura Bruffins
- James Cooley - Billy Malvin
- Walter P. Lewis - Mr. Marvin, Sr. (as Walter Lewis)
- Hattie Delaro - Mrs. Marvin, Sr.
- Einar Linden - John Drummond
- Mary Martin - Mrs. Drummond
- Kittens Reichert - Drummond Child
- George MacQuarrie - Jack McCullough
- Warner Oland - H. Coudal
- Frank Norcross - Grubbins
- Caroline Harris - Mother Grubbins
References
- ^ Kozarski, Ricchard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8, http://books.google.nl/books?id=5w0r8YKan04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee:+the+film+town+Door+Richard+Koszarski&hl=nl&ei=fyO4TcjINoKeOpr32LsP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commmission. http://www.fortleefilm.org/studios.html. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5, http://books.google.com/books?id=ViR3b72xkK0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee+Birthplace+of+the+Motion+Picture+Industry&hl=nl&ei=ah3lTdmHMY7rObrH9bIG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ "Silent Era: The Eternal Sapho". silentera. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/EternalSapho1916.html. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
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