The Private Life of Helen of Troy
The Private Life of Helen of Troy | |
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Directed by | Alexander Korda |
Written by | John Erskine (novel) Gerald C. Duffy (intertitles) Ralph Spence (intertitles) Casey Robinson (intertitles) |
Produced by | Richard A. Rowland |
Starring | María Corda Lewis Stone Ricardo Cortez |
Cinematography | Lee Garmes Sidney Hickox |
Edited by | Harold Young |
Music by | Carl Edouarde Cecil Copping (NYC premiere, uncredited) |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
The Private Life of Helen of Troy is a 1927 American silent film about Helen of Troy based on the 1925 novel of the same name by John Erskine, and adapted to screen by Gerald Duffy. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred María Corda as Helen, Lewis Stone as Menelaus, and Ricardo Cortez as Paris.
Coming at the end of the silent film era, it was nominated for an Academy Award in 1929, the year of the Awards' inception, in the category of Best Title Writing. Duffy died on June 25, 1928, and was the first person to be posthumously nominated for an Academy Award.[1]
That same year, the first "talkie", The Jazz Singer, received an honorary award for introducing sound to film, and the category for which The Private Life of Helen of Troy was nominated was dropped by the second Academy Awards.[citation needed]
Two sections from the beginning and end, running about 27–30 minutes in total, are reportedly all that survive of The Private Life of Helen of Troy; they are preserved by the British Film Institute.[2][3]
Cast[]
- María Corda - Helen
- Lewis Stone - Menelaus
- Ricardo Cortez - Paris
- George Fawcett - Eteoneus
- Alice White - Adraste
- Bill Elliott - Telemachus
- Tom O'Brien - Ulysses
- Bert Sprotte - Achilles
- Mario Carillo - Ajax
- Charles Puffy - Malapokitoratoreadetos
- George Kotsonaros - Hector
- Emilio Gorgato - Sarpedon
- Constantine Romanoff - Aeneas
- Alice Adair - Aphrodite
- Helen Fairweather - Athena
See also[]
References[]
- ^ King, Susan (February 24, 2017). "August Wilson is in good company among posthumous Oscar nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ The Private Life of Helen of Troy at silentera.com database
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Private Life of Helen of Troy
External links[]
- 1927 films
- Silent films
- 1920s historical comedy films
- American films
- American historical comedy films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Alexander Korda
- Films based on American novels
- Trojan War films
- First National Pictures films
- Cultural depictions of Helen of Troy
- Films with screenplays by Gerald Duffy
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs