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Samson (1915 film)

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Samson
Directed byEdgar Lewis
Written byHenri Bernstein (play)
Paul Sloane
StarringWilliam Farnum
Maude Gilbert
Edgar L. Davenport
Production
company
Distributed byBox Office Attractions Company
Release date
January 1915
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Samson is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring William Farnum, Maude Gilbert and Edgar L. Davenport. It is an adaptation of Henri Bernstein's play Samson. Farnum later appeared in a second adaptation Shackles of Gold, although the setting was switched from France to America.[1]

Cast

  • William Farnum as Maurice Brachard
  • Maude Gilbert as Marie D'Andolin
  • Edgar L. Davenport as Marquis D'Amdprom
  • Agnes Everett as Marquise D'Andolin
  • Harry Spingler as Max D'Andolin
  • Charles Guthrie as Jerome Govaine
  • Carey Lee as Elise Vernette
  • George De Carlton as M. Deveraux
  • Elmer Peterson as M. Fontenay
  • Edward Kyle as Baron Hatzfeldt

References

  1. ^ Goble p.38

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.