Fedora (1918 film) explained

Fedora
Director:Edward José
Producer:Adolph Zukor
Screenplay:Charles E. Whittaker
Starring:Pauline Frederick
Alfred Hickman
Jere Austin
William L. Abingdon
Wilmuth Merkyl
Cinematography:Ned Van Buren
Hal Young
Studio:Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Fedora is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward José and written by Charles E. Whittaker, after the 1882 play with the same name by Victorien Sardou. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Alfred Hickman, Jere Austin, William L. Abingdon, and John Merkyl (as Wilmuth Merkyl). The film was released on August 4, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2] It is not known whether the film currently survives.[3] [4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[5] Fedora (Frederick), a Russian princess of wealth and beauty and engaged to Count Vladimir Androvitch (Merkyl), vows to bring the murderer of the Count to justice after he is mysteriously slain. She traces the assassin to Paris and poses as a Russian exile. By the practice of her wiles she induces Louis Ipanoff (Austin) to fall in love with and wrings a confession from him. Ipanoff goes to Fedora's house and reveals the truth of her fiance's death, he having discovered Vladimir in Mme. Ipanoff's bedroom. When Fedora learns of her late fiance's perfidy, she declares her love for Ipanoff and screens him from the police until the Tsar can pardon him and they are finally married.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fedora - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110054914/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/91183/Fedora/overview. dead. 10 January 2015. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Janiss Garza. 2015. 10 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Fedora (1918) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. 10 January 2015.
  3. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/Fedora1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: Fedora
  4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5174/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Fedora
  5. Reviews: Fedora . Exhibitors Herald . 7 . 7 . 33 . Exhibitors Herald Company . New York City . August 17, 1918 .