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Theda Bara (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Salome
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards
Cast: Theda Bara [Salome], G. Raymond Nye [King Herod], Albert Roscoe [John the Baptist], Herbert Heyes [Sejanus], Bertram Grassby [Prince David], Genevieve Blinn [Queen Miriam], Vera Doria [Naomi], Alfred Fremont (Al Fremont) [Galba], [?] Rex Ingram?
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A Fox Special Production; A Theda Bara Super Production]. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Adrian Johnson, from a story by Flavius Josephus. Production design by George James Hopkins. Costume design by George James Hopkins. Cinematography by George Schneiderman, John W. Boyle and Harry Gerstad (Harry W. Gerstad). Presented by William Fox. / © 10 August 1918 by William Fox [LP13769]. Released [?] 10? August 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 17 September 2023.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 239, 390; Card-Seductive p. 103; Higashi-Virgins pp. 56, 70-71; Leish-Cinema p. 29; Parish-Glamour p. 139; Smith-Epic p. 259; Vermilye-Twenties p. 132 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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