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The Eternal Sapho
Theatrical poster to The Eternal Sapho likenesses of Theda Bara and Warner Oland
Directed byBertram Bracken
Written byMary Murillo (scenario)
Based onSapho
by Alphonse Daudet
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTheda Bara
James Cooley
CinematographyRial Schellinger
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 7, 1916 (1916-05-07)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Eternal Sapho (also known as A Modern Sapho and The Eternal Sappho)[1] is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film was based on the 1881 French novel Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet.[2] The film is now considered lost.[1]

The Eternal Sapho was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[3] Some filming took place at the Marble House, a mansion located on a hill above 215th Street in New York.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: The Eternal Sapho". silentera.com. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36. Vol. 40 (2 ed.). December Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-913204-36-6.
  3. ^ Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. 2006. p. 64. ISBN 0-7385-4501-5.
  4. ^ "'On Location' -- East Coast and Metropolitan." Photoplay Magazine, Dec. 1916, Vol. XI, No. 1, pp 36-42. Accessed: August 1, 2018.
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