The Song of Songs (1918 film)
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Genre Drama Duration Country United States | Director Joseph Kaufman Production Famous Players-Lasky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 18, 1918 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.
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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) WikipediaThe Song of Songs (1918 film) IMDb