Panthea (1917 film)

Panthea
Directed by Allan Dwan
Produced by Allan Dwan
Joseph M. Schenck
Norma Talmadge
Written by Monckton Hoffe (play)
Mildred Considine
Allen Dwan
Starring Norma Talmadge
Earle Foxe
L. Rogers Lytton
George Fawcett
Murdock MacQuarrie
Erich von Stroheim
Winifred Harris
Eileen Percy
Richard Rosson
Cinematography Roy Overbaugh
Harold Rosson
Distributed by Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises
Release dates
 January 11, 1917
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Panthea was a 1917 American silent film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Norma Talmadge. This was the first film Talmadge made after leaving D.W. Griffith's company to form her own production company with Joseph M. Schenck.[1][2] It is believed to be lost.

Production

The film was shot at the former Biograph studio in New York.[3]

Release

Panthea opened in U.S. theaters in January, 1917, and performed well at the box office. Talmadge made several personal appearances to help the film, often wearing her costumes from the film.[4] It was well reviewed; Julian Johnson of Photoplay described the film as "staged with an eye both to artistic lighting and dramatic effect, true to life even in its most melodramatic moments, tingling with suspense, saturate with sympathy."[5]

Selznick Enterprises re-released Panthea in 1923 to extremely good business.[6] It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1958, but has since not been available, leading to the consensus that it is a lost film.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Spears, Jack (1971). Hollywood: The Golden Era. New York:A.S. Barnes & Co. p. 119 ISBN 0-498-07552-4
  2. ↑ Turner Classic Movies
  3. ↑ Turner Classic Movies
  4. ↑ Spears. p. 121
  5. ↑ The Norma Talmadge Website Review from Variety
  6. ↑ Spears. p. 121
  7. ↑ Lombardi, Frederic. Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 73 ISBN 978-0-7864-3485-5

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