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Sapho
Also known as Sappho in Denmark
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Hugh Ford

Cast: Pauline Frederick [Sapho, also known as Fanny Legrand], Frank Losee [Caoudal], John Sainpolis (John St. Polis) [Dejoie], Pedro de Cordoba [Flamant], Thomas Meighan [Jean Gaussin], [?] Howard Davies?

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Hugh Ford, from the adaptation by Doty Hobart of the novel Sapho by Alphonse Daudet. Cinematography by Ned Van Buren. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / © 5 March 1917 by Famous Players Film Company [LP10313]. Released [?] 11 or 12? March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Sapho (1913). The novel was subsequently filmed as Sappho (1921). The film was released in Denmark as Sappho on 2 December 1918. The film was rereleased in the USA on 6 July 1919.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3854.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Adventuresses - Alcohol: Alcoholics - Crime: Forgery - Engravers - Families: Father-daughter relationships - Flower vendors - Imprisonment - Mistresses - Models - Moral reformation - Poets - Poverty - Reputation - Sculptors - Weddings

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.3853, F1.3854 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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