A Modern Salome

A Modern Salome is a lost[1] 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Leonce Perret and starring Hope Hampton. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.[2][3] The film is based on the 1891 Oscar Wilde play Salome.

A Modern Salome
Directed byLeonce Perret
Produced byMetro Pictures
Written byLeonce Perret
Based onSalome
by Oscar Wilde
StarringHope Hampton
CinematographyAlfred Ortlieb
Harry D. Harde
Production
company
Hope Hampton Productions
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • March 1920 (1920-03)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Period advert.

A display advert of the time states: "Her fancy swept her back through the ages, and she was dancing before king Herod for the head of John the Baptist. Yet she was a modern woman, a hot-house product of Twentieth Century Society."[4]

Cast

References

  1. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Modern Salome
  2. A Modern Salome at silentera.com
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Modern Salome
  4. Display advert, San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Tuesday May 4, 1920, Volume XLVII, Number 65, page 2.
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