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The Clemenceau Case
Lobby card
Directed byHerbert Brenon
Written byHerbert Brenon
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTheda Bara
William E. Shay
CinematographyPhil Rosen
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 12, 1915 (1915-04-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Clemenceau Case is a 1915 American silent drama film written and directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. The film is based on the French novel L'affaire Clémenceau, by Alexandre Dumas, fils, and is now considered to be lost.[1]

Cast

  • Theda Bara as Iza
  • William E. Shay as Pierre Clemenceau
  • Mrs. Allen Walker as Marie Clemenceau
  • Stuart Holmes as Constantin Ritz
  • Jane Lee as Janet
  • Saba Raleigh as Countess Dobronowska (credited as Mrs. Cecil Raleigh)
  • Frank Goldsmith as Duke Sergius
  • Sidney Shields as Madame Ritz

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Clemenceau Case was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors for the 1918 reissue of the film cut, in Reel 4, two scenes in Iza's bedroom between her and Constantin beginning with her locking the door, Reel 5, scene on couch between Iza and her husband in which gown falls from her shoulder, and the stabbing.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Clemenceau Case". silentera.com. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
  2. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (4). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 49. July 20, 1918.