| Cleopatra | |
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| Directed by | Charles L. Gaskill |
| Screenplay by | Charles L. Gaskill (uncredited) |
| Based on | Cléopâtre 1890 play by Victorien Sardou |
| Produced by | Helen Gardner |
| Starring | Helen Gardner |
| Cinematography | Lucien Tainguy |
| Edited by | Helen Gardner (uncredited) |
Production company | The Helen Gardner Picture Players |
| Distributed by | United States Film Co. |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $45,000 ($1,411,636 today) |
Cleopatra is a 1912 American silent historical drama film starring Helen Gardner in the title role and directed by Charles L. Gaskill, based on the 1890 play written by Victorien Sardou.[1] It was the first film to be produced by The Helen Gardner Picture Players.
Cleopatra is one of the early six-reel feature films produced in the United States.[2] Promoted as "The most beautiful motion picture ever made", it was the first to offer a feature-length depiction of Cleopatra,[3] although there had been a short film about Antony and Cleopatra two years earlier.[4]
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- ^ Wallace Dickinson, Joy (March 25, 2001). "Early Screen Queen Turns Heads Again". orlandosentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ Wallace Dickinson, Joy. "Few Remember Days When Film Queen Lived Among Us". orlandosentinel.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ "Cléopâtre (1910)". IMDB.