Jeanne Doré
(1915) French
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels / 1800 metres
Directed by Louis Mercanton and Réné Hervil

Cast: Sarah Bernhardt [Jeanne Doré], Raymond Bernard [Jacques Doré, as boy], Mademoiselle Costa [Louise], Mademoiselle Seylor [Madame Tissot], Little Jacques

Film d’Art production. / Scenario by Louis Mercanton, from the play Jeanne Doré by Tristan Bernard. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Bernhardt played her scenes sitting in a chair because of her leg amputation performed on 22 February 1915. A stand-in was utilized when Bernhardt’s character would move about the settings. The film was purchased for USA distribution by William F. Connor and was distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated] in the USA.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost: A print may exist in the Cinémathèque Française film archive.

Keywords: Children - Coercion - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Families: Mother-son relationships - Law: Courtrooms, Judges, Lawyers - Prisons - Vamps

Listing updated: 20 July 2007.

References: Bardèche-History p. 130; Edmonds-BigU p. 65; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 23; Menefee-Bernhardt pp. 35, 94-95, 121-130, 151, 154.