A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Alla Nazimova. Photograph: courtesy The Silent Movie Blog.

Cast: Nazimova (Alla Nazimova) [Salome], Rose Dione [Herodias], Mitchell Lewis [King Herod], Nigel de Brulier [Jokaanan], Earl Schenck [young Syrian], Arthur Jasmine [page], Frederic Peters [Naaman, the executioner], Louis Dumar [Tigellinus]

The Nazimova Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Allied Production and Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Peter M. Winters (Alla Nazimova), from the play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Set design by Natacha Rambova. Costume design by Natacha Rambova, based on drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Cinematography by Charles Van Enger. / Premiered 31 December 1922 in New York, New York. General release, 15 February 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive]; in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive]; and in private film collections [abridged 16mm reduction positive, abridged 8mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Art Nouveau - Authors: Oscar Wilde

Listing updated: 24 September 2013.

References: Bardèche-History p. 210; Card-Seductive p. 80; Limbacher-Feature p. 211; Maeder-Hollywood pp. 198, 199; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 10; Parish-Glamour p. 139; Sherwood-Best p. 185; Smith-Epic p. 259; Vermilye-Twenties p. 63 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.