| The Song of Songs | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Kaufman |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Hermann Sudermann(novel:Das Hohelied) Edward Sheldon(play) Charles Maigne(scenario) |
| Starring | Elsie Ferguson |
| Cinematography | William Marshall |
| Distributed by | Artcraft Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 18, 1918 |
| Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
The Song of Songs is a 1918 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. It is based on a stage play version by Edward Sheldon of a novel by Hermann Sudermann, Das Hohelied. This picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman and stars Elsie Ferguson. Kaufman's last directed film. This film is lost.[1] [2]
Story was refilmed as silent in 1924 as Lily of the Dust with Pola Negri and Ben Lyon. In 1933 Marlene Dietrich starred in the first sound version, The Song of Songs.
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Lily, an innocent young girl, is convinced to pose nude for a young sculptor. They fall in love, but the sculptor fears the effect of marriage on his work and neglects Lily. Ultimately, in despair, she marries a wealthy older man but does not find happiness there. Only near-tragedy and scandal are able, ironically, to bring her that happiness.