The Eternal Sapho Explained

The Eternal Sapho
Director:Bertram Bracken
Producer:William Fox
Starring:Theda Bara
James Cooley
Cinematography:Rial Schellinger
Distributor:Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

The Eternal Sapho (also known as A Modern Sapho and The Eternal Sappho)[1] is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film was loosely based on the 1881 French novel Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet.[2] [3] The film is now considered lost.

The Eternal Sapho was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[4] Some filming took place at the Marble House, a mansion located on a hill above 215th Street in New York.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Eternal Sapho . June 28, 2008. silentera.com.
  2. Book: Connelly, Robert B. . The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36 . 2 . 40 . 1998 . December Press. 0-913204-36-6 . 74.
  3. Book: Golden, Eve . Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara . Vestal Press . 1996 . 1879511320 . 86–87 . "5. A Good Little Devil" .
  4. Book: Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. 2006. Arcadia Publishing. 0-7385-4501-5. 64.
  5. "'On Location' -- East Coast and Metropolitan." Photoplay Magazine, Dec. 1916, Vol. XI, No. 1, pp 36-42. Accessed: August 1, 2018.