The Eternal City
(1923) American
B&W : Eight reels / 7929 feet
Directed by George Fitzmaurice

Cast: Barbara la Marr, Bert Lytell, Lionel Barrymore, Richard Bennett, Montagu Love, Ronald Colman, Betty Bronson [page boy], Joan Bennett [page boy]

[?] Madison Productions and/or Samuel Goldwyn, Incorporated? production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Scenario by Ouida Bergère, from the play adaptation The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine of the novel The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine. Cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. / Premiere 17 December 1923 at 7929 feet. General New York release 20 January 1924 at Strand Theatre in New York, New York, at 7800 feet. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The first film produced by Goldwyn after leaving Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. The production was shot on location in Rome, Italy, and New York, New York. Colman appears in the film without a screen credit.

Drama: World War I.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Italy: Rome - USA: New York: Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum - World War I: 28 July 1914-11 November 1918

Listing updated: 24 May 2005.

References: Bohn-Light p. 116; Brownlow-Parade pp. 513, 514, 578; Parish-Glamour pp. 35, 94; Quirk-Colman pp. 16, 43-44, 47; Smith-Colman pp. 10, 24-25.