A Modern Salome
| A Modern Salome | |
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| Directed by | Leonce Perret |
| Written by | Leonce Perret |
| Based on | Salome by Oscar Wilde |
| Produced by | Metro Pictures |
| Starring | Hope Hampton |
| Cinematography | Alfred Ortlieb Harry D. Harde |
Production company | Hope Hampton Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Period advert.
A Modern Salome is a lost[1] 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Leonce Perret and starring Hope Hampton. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.[2][3] The film is based on the 1891 Oscar Wilde play Salome.
A display advert of the time states: "Her fancy swept her back through the ages, and she was dancing before king Herod for the head of John the Baptist. Yet she was a modern woman, a hot-house product of Twentieth Century Society."[4]
Cast[]
- Hope Hampton as Virginia Hastings
- Sidney Mason as Robert Monti
- Percy Standing as James Vandam
- Arthur Donaldson as Walter Greene
- Wyndham Standing as Harry Torrence
- Agnes Ayres as Helen Torrence
References[]
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Modern Salome
- ^ A Modern Salome at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Modern Salome
- ^ Display advert, San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Tuesday May 4, 1920, Volume XLVII, Number 65, page 2.
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Categories:
- 1920 films
- American silent feature films
- Lost American films
- American films
- Films based on works by Oscar Wilde
- American black-and-white films
- Metro Pictures films
- English-language films
- American comedy films
- 1920 comedy films
- Lost comedy films
- 1920 lost films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs