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A Modern Salome

1920 film by Léonce Perret

A Modern Salome is a lost[1] 1920 American silent drama 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.

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Plot

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. [1]
    The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Modern Salome
  2. [2]
    A Modern Salome at silentera.com
  3. [3]
    "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  4. [4]
    Display advert, San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Tuesday May 4, 1920, Volume XLVII, Number 65, page 2.
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