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The Dumb Girl of Portici

1916 American silent film

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.

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Overview

The film was Universal's most expensive film to that date, made at a cost at approximately $300,000. It was also the longest film made by a woman director in the 1910s.[2]

Plot

Fenella (Anna Pavlova) is a poor Italian girl who falls in love with Duke d'Arcos (Wadsworth Harris), a Spanish nobleman.[3]

Cast

Release

The film was released on DVD/Blu-ray in 2018 with a new score by John Sweeney.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Slide p.43
  2. [2]
    "THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI (1916)". afi.com. April 3, 1916. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "The Dumb Girl of Portici". letterboxd.com. 1916. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Milestone Film".

Bibliography

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