Eye for Eye (1918 film)

Eye for Eye
	Lobby card
Directed by	Albert Capellani
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland; Maxwell Karger; Alla Nazimova
Written by	Henry Kistemaeckers (play); June Mathis; Albert Capellani
Starring	Alla Nazimova
Cinematography	Eugene Gaudio
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	December 22, 1918;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Eye for Eye is 1918 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani. It was produced by Richard A. Rowland and Alla Nazimova and distributed by Metro Pictures. Nazimova is also the star in a production scripted by June Mathis. A trailer of the film is currently held in the Library of Congress, and evidence has arisen that a copy may exist in Gosfilmofond in Russia.[1][2][3]

Scene from the film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Arabs have captured the French Captain de Cadiere (Bryant), but he escapes with the help of Hassouna (Nazimova), a young Bedouin woman of the desert. She is abandoned to die by the irate sheik (Stern), is captured by marauders of the desert sands, and is sold in slavery to the manager of a small French circus. The Captain, at a show near a small town where his ship is anchored, finds the Bedouin woman and takes her to his home. After hearing that the Captain's detachment has killed all of her tribe in the desert, she vows vengeance upon the Frenchman. However, she fails in the execution of her threat due to his love for her.

Cast

Alla Nazimova as Hassouna
Charles Bryant as Captain de Cadiere
Donald Gallaher as Ensign Arnauld
Sally Crute as Madame Helene de Cadiere
E. L. Fernandez as Taieb
John Reinhardt as Paul Lecroix
Louis Stern as The Sheik
Charles Eldridge as Tootit, the Clown
Hardee Kirkland as Rambert, Circus Proprietor
Miriam Battista as Hassouna's Little Sister
William A. Cohill (unidentified role)
William T. Carleton (unidentified role)

uncredited

Anita Brown
Barry Whitcomb

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Eye for Eye was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 3, of the kissing between the wife and her lover, Reel 4, the lover kissing the woman on her shoulder, kissing between the married woman and lover at door, Reel 7, the vision of the party, and the nude woman on the couch.[5]

References

"Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911–20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
"Eye For Eye". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
"Reviews: Eye for Eye". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (25): 29. December 14, 1918.
"Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (24): 42. December 7, 1918.

External links

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[1] "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911–20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988

[3] "Eye For Eye". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[4] "Reviews: Eye for Eye". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (25): 29. December 14, 1918.

[5] "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (24): 42. December 7, 1918.