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Florence Reed (center)).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Eternal Sin
(1917) United States of America
B&W : [?] Six or Seven? reels
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Cast: Florence Reed [Lucretia Borgia], William E. Shay [Duke of Ferrara], Stephen Grattan [Lucretia’s brother], Richard Barthelmess [Gennaro], Alexander Shannon (Alex Shannon) [Rustighello], A.G. Parker [Maffio], M.J. Briggs [Astolpo], Edward Thorne [Jeppo], Elmer Patterson [Liverretto], Anthony Merlo (Tony Merlo) [Petrucci], Henry Armetta [the jester], William Welsh [Gubetta], Juliet Brenon [Blanca], Jane Fearney [Princess Negroni], Henrietta Gilbert [Flametta], Charles Ray Howard
Herbert Brenon Film Corporation production; distributed by Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Edwards-Hall, from a story adaptation by Herbert Brenon. Technical direction by George Fitch. Cinematography by David Calcagni and J. Roy Hunt. Film editor, James McKay (James C. McKay). / Released 15 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Higashi-Virgins p. 56 mistakenly lists Theda Bara as a member of the cast; a possible confusion with The Eternal Sapho (1916).
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 November 2022.
References: Katchmer-Eighty p. 18 : Website-IMDb.
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