Fédora
Fédora is a play by the French author Victorien Sardou. The first production in 1882 starred Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of Princess Fédora Romazov. She wore a soft felt hat in that role which was soon a popular fashion for women; the hat became known as a fedora.[1]
Sarah Bernhardt in Fédora
The play was turned into an opera, Fedora, by Umberto Giordano in 1898.
Films
- Princess Romanoff, directed by Frank Powell (1915), starring Nance O'Neil
- Fedora, directed by Gustavo Serena (Italy, 1916), starring Francesca Bertini
- White Nights, directed by Alexander Korda (Austria-Hungary, 1916), starring Lili Berky
- Fedora, directed by Edward José (1918), starring Pauline Frederick
- Fedora, directed by Jean Manoussi (Germany, 1926), starring Lee Parry
- The Woman from Moscow, directed by Ludwig Berger (1928), starring Pola Negri
- Fedora, directed by Louis J. Gasnier (France, 1934), starring Marie Bell
- Fedora, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (Italy, 1942), starring Luisa Ferida
- El precio de una vida, directed by Adelqui Migliar (Argentina, 1947), starring Mecha Ortiz
References
- Marciano, John Bemelmans. 2009. Anonyponymous: the forgotten people behind everyday words. New York: Bloomsbury USA. p. 65. ISBN 9781596916531
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