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.

A Modern Salome
Directed byLeonce Perret
Written byLeonce Perret
Based onSalome
by Oscar Wilde
Produced byMetro Pictures
StarringHope Hampton
CinematographyAlfred Ortlieb
Harry D. Harde
Production
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Hope Hampton Productions
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • March 1920 (1920-03)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Period advert.

Plot

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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]

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References

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