| The Song of Songs | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Kaufman |
| Written by | Charles Maigne (scenario) |
| Based on | novel Das hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann and play The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Elsie Ferguson |
| Cinematography | William Marshall |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky / Artcraft |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Song of Songs is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and based on a 1914 stage play version by Edward Sheldon of the 1908 novel by Hermann Sudermann, The Song of Songs. This picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman and stars Elsie Ferguson. This was Kaufman's last film before his death on February 1, 1918, very early on during the 1918 flu pandemic.
This film is now considered a lost film.[1][2]
The story was remade as Lily of the Dust (1924) with Pola Negri and Ben Lyon. Marlene Dietrich starred in the first sound version The Song of Songs (1933).