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The Eternal City
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7929 feet
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Barbara La Marr [Donna Roma], Bert Lytell [David Rossi], Lionel Barrymore [Baron Bonelli], Richard Bennett [Bruno Rocco], Montagu Love [Charles Minghelli], Joan Bennett [a page boy], Betty Bronson [a page boy], Ronald Colman, King Victor Emmanuel III [himself], Benito Mussolini [himself]
Madison Productions [?] (Samuel Goldwyn, Incorporated)? production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Attraction]. / Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Scenario by Ouida Bergère, from the play adaptation The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine of the novel The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine. Assistant director, Arturo Caluci. Cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. / © 31 December 1923 by Madison Productions [LP19782]. Premiered 17 December 1923 at 7929 feet. Premiered 20 January 1924 (at approximately 7800 feet) at Mark Strand Theatre in New York, New York. General release, 28 April 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first film produced by Goldwyn after leaving Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. The production was shot on location in Rome, Italy, and New York, New York. Colman appears in the film without a screen credit. The novel was previously filmed as The Eternal City (1915).
Drama: World War I.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Two of eight reels are known to survive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Italy: Rome - USA: New York: Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)
Listing updated: 7 December 2022.
References: Bohn-Light p. 116; Brownlow-Parade pp. 513, 514, 578; Parish-Glamour pp. 35, 94; Quirk-Colman pp. 16, 43-44, 47; Smith-Colman pp. 10, 24-25 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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