The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici is a 1916 American silent historical drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and starring Anna Pavlova, Rupert Julian and Wadsworth Harris.[1] It was adapted by Weber from the libretto by Germain Delavigne and Eugène Scribe for Daniel Auber's 1828 opera La muette de Portici (The Mute of Portici). The film marked Pavlova's only feature film performance.

The Dumb Girl of Portici
Anna Pavlova (center foreground)
Directed byPhillips Smalley
Lois Weber
Produced byCarl Laemmle
Written byGermain Delavigne (opera)
Eugène Scribe (opera)
Lois Weber
StarringAnna Pavlova
Rupert Julian
Wadsworth Harris
CinematographyDal Clawson
Allen G. Siegler
R.W. Walter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • April 3, 1916 (1916-04-03)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The film was released on DVD/Blu-ray in 2018 with a new score by John Sweeney.[2]

Cast

See also

References

  1. Slide p.43
  2. "Milestone Film".

Bibliography

  • Slide, Anthony. Early Women Directors. A. S. Barnes, 1977.


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