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Sapho (film)

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Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Director
  
Hugh Ford

Screenplay
  
Hugh Ford, Doty Hobart

Country
  
United States

Release date
  
March 11, 1917 (1917-03-11)

Based on
  
Sapho by Alphonse Daudet

Writer
  
Alphonse Daudet (novel), Hugh Ford (scenario), Doty Hobart (adaptation)

Story by
  
Alphonse Daudet, Doty Hobart

Cast
  
Pauline Frederick
(Sapho),
Thomas Meighan
(Jean Gaussin),
Pedro de Cordoba
(Flamant),
John St Polis
(Dejoie),
Frank Losee
(Caoudal)

Similar movies
  
The Call of Youth (1921), The Man With the Golden Brain (2012), Inspiration (1931)

Sapho is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford and written by Hugh Ford and Doty Hobart. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Frank Losee, John St. Polis, Pedro de Cordoba, and Thomas Meighan. It is based on the novel Sapho by Alphonse Daudet. The film was released on March 11, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

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Cast

  • Pauline Frederick as Sapho, aka Fanny Lagrand
  • Frank Losee as Caoudal
  • John St. Polis as Dejoie (credited as John Sainpolis)
  • Pedro de Cordoba as Flamant
  • Thomas Meighan as Jean Gaussin

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, Sapho was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the view of Jean pointing at the bed and accusing Sapho.

    References

    Sapho (film) Wikipedia
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    Sapho (film) IMDb