The Song of Songs (1918 film)
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The Song of Songs is a 1918
silent
film produced by Famous Players-Lasky
and distributed through Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. It is based on a stage play version by Edward Sheldon
of a novel by Hermann Sudermann
, Das Hohelied. This picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman
and stars Elsie Ferguson
. Kaufman's last directed film. This film is lost
.
Story was refilmed as silent in 1924 as Lily of the Dust
with Pola Negri
and Ben Lyon
. In 1933 Marlene Dietrich
starred in the first sound version, The Song of Songs
.
1918 in film
The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film produced by Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...
and distributed through Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. It is based on a stage play version by Edward Sheldon
Edward Sheldon
Edward Brewster Sheldon was an American dramatist. His plays include Salvation Nell and Romance , which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo....
of a novel by Hermann Sudermann
Hermann Sudermann
Hermann Sudermann was a German dramatist and novelist.- Early career :He was born at Matzicken, a village just to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia , close to the Russian frontier...
, Das Hohelied. This picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman
Joseph Kaufman
Joseph Kaufman was an American silent film actor and director prominent during the WW1 years. He was born in Washington, D.C. and died in New York City in the Influenza pandemic of 1918. His wife was silent film star Ethel Clayton. Kaufman started out as an actor appearing on Broadway in 1903 with...
and stars Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
. Kaufman's last directed film. This film is lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
.
Story was refilmed as silent in 1924 as Lily of the Dust
Lily of the Dust
Lily of the Dust is a 1924 silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This movie is based on the novel Das Hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann and it's spawn, the Broadway play The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon. It is a remake of a previous silent film...
with Pola Negri
Pola Negri
Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles from the 1910s through the 1940s during the Golden Era of Hollywood film. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became a great American star. She...
and Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive.-Life:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth , and steadily developed into...
. In 1933 Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
starred in the first sound version, The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs (1933 film)
The Song of Songs is a romantic drama film starring Marlene Dietrich as a naive, German peasant who moves to Berlin and suffers much heartache. It was based on the 1908 novel Das Hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann and the subsequent 1914 play, The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon...
.
Cast
- Elsie FergusonElsie FergusonElsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
- Lily Kardos - Frank Losee - Senator Calkins
- Crauford KentCrauford KentCrauford Kent was an English-born film actor. Between 1915 and 1952 he appeared in 208 films, although frequently without screen credit, including The Menace, Little Miss Marker, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Dolly Sisters, and Pat and Mike.Kent was born in London, England and died in Hollywood,...
- Dick Laird - Cecil Fletcher - Stephen Bennett
- Gertrude Berkeley - Mrs. Kardos
- Corene Uzzell - Ann Merkle (*as Corinne usell)
- Charles WellesleyCharles WellesleyCharles Wellesley was an Irish-born American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1913 and 1928.He was born in Dublin and died in Amityville, New York.- Selected filmography :...
- Mrs. Atwell - Henry Leone - Anslem Kardos
- Robert Cummings - Phineas Bennett
- Ned Burton - ?