The Eternal Sapho

1916 film

  • May 7, 1916 (1916-05-07)
Running time
50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Eternal Sapho (also known as A Modern Sapho and The Eternal Sappho)[1] is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film was loosely based on the 1881 French novel Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet.[2][3] The film is now considered lost.[1]

The Eternal Sapho was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[4] Some filming took place at the Marble House, a mansion located on a hill above 215th Street in New York.[5]

Cast

  • Theda Bara as Laura Bruffins
  • James Cooley as Billy Malvin
  • Walter Lewis as Mr. Marvin, Sr.
  • Hattie Delaro as Mrs. Marvin, Sr.
  • Einar Linden as John Drummond
  • Mary Martin as Mrs. Drummond
  • Kittens Reichert as Drummond Child
  • George MacQuarrie as Jack McCullough
  • Warner Oland as H. Coudal
  • Frank Norcross as Grubbins
  • Caroline Harris as Mother Grubbins

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: The Eternal Sapho". silentera.com. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36. Vol. 40 (2 ed.). December Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-913204-36-6.
  3. ^ Golden, Eve (1996). ""5. A Good Little Devil"". Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara. Vestal Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 1879511320.
  4. ^ Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. 2006. p. 64. ISBN 0-7385-4501-5.
  5. ^ "'On Location' -- East Coast and Metropolitan." Photoplay Magazine, Dec. 1916, Vol. XI, No. 1, pp 36-42. Accessed: August 1, 2018.

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