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The Song of Songs (1918 film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
William Marshall

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Joseph Kaufman

Production
  
Famous Players-Lasky

Cast
  
Elsie Ferguson

The Song of Songs (1918 film) The Song of Songs 1933 film Wikipedia

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Writer
  
Hermann Sudermann
,
Edward Sheldon
,
Charles Maigne

Release date
  
February 18, 1918

Producers
  
Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky

Similar movies
  
The Amazons (1917), A Social Celebrity (1926), Brewsters Millions (1921), The Great Caruso (1951), Red Hair (1928)

The Song of Songs is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and based on a stage play version by Edward Sheldon of a novel by Hermann Sudermann, The Song of Songs. This picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman and stars Elsie Ferguson. This was Kaufman's last film before his death on February 1, 1918, very early on during the 1918 flu pandemic.

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This film is now considered a lost film.

The story was remade as Lily of the Dust (1924) with Pola Negri and Ben Lyon. Marlene Dietrich starred in the first sound version The Song of Songs (1933).

Plot summary

Lily, an innocent young girl, is convinced to pose nude for a young sculptor. They fall in love, but the sculptor fears the effect of marriage on his work and neglects Lily. Ultimately, in despair, she marries a wealthy older man but does not find happiness there. Only near-tragedy and scandal are able, ironically, to bring her that happiness.

Cast

  • Elsie Ferguson as Lily Kardos
  • Frank Losee as Senator Calkins
  • Crauford Kent as Dick Laird
  • Cecil Fletcher as Stephen Bennett
  • Gertrude Berkeley as Mrs. Kardos
  • Corene Uzzell as Ann Merkle (credited as Corinne Usell)
  • Charles Wellesley as Mrs. Atwell
  • Henry Leone as Anslem Kardos
  • Robert Cummings as Phineas Bennett
  • Ned Burton (unknown role)
  • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, The Song of Songs was subject to cuts and restrictions by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors issued the film an Adults Only permit.

    References

    The Song of Songs (1918 film) Wikipedia
    The Song of Songs (1918 film) IMDb