| Cleopatra | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Cleopatra1917.jpg) Original release poster | |
| Directed by | J. Gordon Edwards |
| Written by | William Shakespeare (1623 plays Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar) Victorien Sardou Émile Moreau (1890 play Cléopâtre) |
| Screenplay by | Adrian Johnson |
| Based on | Cleopatra 1889 novel by H. Rider Haggard |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Theda Bara Fritz Leiber Sr. Thurston Hall |
| Cinematography | John W. Boyle Rial Schellinger George Schneiderman |
| Edited by | Edward M. McDermott |
| Music by | José Martínez |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 mins. (11 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Budget | $250,000-500,000[1] |
| Box office | $1 million[1] |
Cleopatra is a 1917 American silent historical drama film based on H. Rider Haggard's 1889 novel Cleopatra, the 1890 play Cleopatre by Émile Moreau and Victorien Sardou, and the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare.[2] The film starred Theda Bara in the title role, Fritz Leiber Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall as Mark Antony.
The film is now considered partially lost, as only small parts of the film remain.
- ^ a b Daugherty, Gregory N. (2022). The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media. ISBN 978-1-3503-4073-2.
No data survives, but Bara herself claimed that the epic grossed a million dollars, quite an achievement since it reportedly cost $500,000 to make.
- ^ McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 82. ISBN 0-313-30345-2.