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 its stars Olga Nethersole and Hamilton Revelle.[5]

The play was next filmed in 1917 as Sapho starring Pauline Frederick.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Sapho
  2. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.SilentEra.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Sapho
  4. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.SilentEra.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ League, The Broadway. "Sapho – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB". www.IBDB.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
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