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The Eternal Sapho is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 6 may 1916 with Theda Bara
The Eternal Sapho (1916)
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Add to a movie listThe Eternal Sapho (also known as A Modern Sapho and The Eternal Sappho) is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Theda Bara. The film was based on the 1881 French novel Sapho, by Alphonse Daudet. The Eternal Sapho was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The film is now considered lost.
^ "Silent Era: The Eternal Sapho". silentera. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36 40 (2 ed.). December Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-913-20436-6.
^ Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. 2006. p. 64. ISBN 0-738-54501-5.
Synopsis
Une femme imagine qu'elle est sous l'emprise de la poétesse grecque libertine Sappho. Sa quête érotique plutôt qu'amoureuse la mène au désastre.Actors
Theda Bara
(Laura Bruffins)
Walter P. Lewis
(Mr. Marvin, Sr.)
Kittens Reichert
(Drummond Child)
Walter P. Lewis
(Mr. Marvin, Sr.)
George MacQuarrie
(Jack McCullough)
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