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Florence Reed (center)).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Eternal Sin
(1917) United States of America
B&W : [?] Six or Seven? reels
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Cast: Florence Reed [Lucretia Borgia], William E. Shay [Duke of Ferrara], Stephen Grattan [Lucretia’s brother], Richard Barthelmess [Gennaro], Alexander Shannon (Alex Shannon) [Rustighello], A.G. Parker [Maffio], M.J. Briggs [Astolpo], Edward Thorne [Jeppo], Elmer Patterson [Liverretto], Anthony Merlo (Tony Merlo) [Petrucci], Henry Armetta [the jester], William Welsh [Gubetta], Juliet Brenon [Blanca], Jane Fearney [Princess Negroni], Henrietta Gilbert [Flametta], Charles Ray Howard
Herbert Brenon Film Corporation production; distributed by Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Incorporated [Selznick Pictures]. / Scenario by George Edwards-Hall, from an adaptation by Herbert Brenon of the play Lucretia Borgia by Victor Hugo. Technical direction by George Fitch. Cinematography by David Calcagni and J. Roy Hunt. Film editor, James McKay (James C. McKay). Presented by Herbert Brenon. / Released 15 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Higashi-Virgins p. 56 mistakenly lists Theda Bara as a member of the cast; a possible confusion with The Eternal Sapho (1916).
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 July 2024.
References: Katchmer-Eighty p. 18 : Website-IMDb.
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