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Salome
(1918) American
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Theda Bara [Salome], G. Raymond Nye [King Herod], Albert Roscoe [John the Baptist], Herbert Heyes [Sejanus], Bertram Grassby [Prince David], Genevieve Blinn [Queen Miriam], Vera Doria [Naomi], Alfred Fremont [Galba]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A Fox Special Production]. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Adrian Johnson. Cinematography by George Schneiderman, John W. Boyle and Harry Gerstad. Presented by William Fox. / © 10 August 1918 by William Fox [LP13769]. Released August 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Listing updated: 21 December 2007.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 239, 390; Card-Seductive p. 103; Higashi-Virgins pp. 56, 70-71; Leish-Cinema p. 29; Parish-Glamour p. 139; Smith-Epic p. 259; Vermilye-Twenties p. 132 : Website-AFI.