Sapho (1913 film)
| Sapho | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lucius Henderson |
| Produced by | Majestic Motion Picture Company |
| Written by | Daniel Carson Goodman |
| Based on | novel, Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet and Adolphe Belot(*see Fr. Wikipedia) |
| Starring |
Florence Roberts Shelley Hull |
| Distributed by | State Rights(*World's Special Films) |
Release date | October 1913 |
Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent..English titles |
Sapho is a lost[1] 1913 silent film feature drama directed by Lucius Henderson and is based on the novel by Alphonse Daudet and Adolphe Belot. It stars stage actress Florence Roberts and Shelley Hull.[2][3] It was produced by the Majestic Motion Picture Company and released by World's Special Films. As with Queen Elizabeth(1912) and Resurrection(1912), the film was one of the first features to star a major actress known by name. It competed with a four-reel French film that same year, 1913.[4]
Sapho as a play, written by Clyde Fitch, was produced by Olga Nethersole on Broadway in 1900 to acclaim but also tinged with scandal as the play ran afoul of the New York Police Department who shut it down for a time and arrested it's stars Olga Nethersole and Hamilton Revelle.[5]
The play was next filmed in 1918 as Sapho starring Pauline Frederick.
Cast
- Florence Roberts - Fanny Le Grand/Sapho
- Shelley Hull - Jean
- Arthur Cadwell Jr. - Joseph