Sapho (1913 film)

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
Directed byLucius Henderson
Produced byMajestic Motion Picture Company
Written byDaniel Carson Goodman
Based onnovel, Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet and Adolphe Belot(*see Fr. Wikipedia)
StarringFlorence Roberts
Shelley Hull
Distributed byState Rights (*World's Special Films)
Release date
October 1913
Running time
6 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent; English titles

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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