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The Eternal City
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford
Cast: Pauline Frederick [Donna Roma], Thomas Holding [David Roma, also known as David Leone], Kittens Reickert (Kittens Reichert) [Roma, as a child], Arthur Oppenheim [David, as a child], George Stillwell [Leone], Della Bella [his wife], Frank Losee [Baron Bonelli], Fuller Mellish [Pope Pius XI], Jiquel Lanoe (J. Jiquel Lanoe) [Charles Minghelli], George Majeroni [Doctor Roselli], John Clulow [Bruno Rocco], Amelia Rose [Elena Rocco], Freddie Verdi [Joseph Rocco], Lottie Alter [Princess Bellini], Lawrence Grant [the English ambassador], Macy Harlan (Macey Harlam) [an embassy member], Walter Craven [an embassy member], F. Gaillard [the baker], Mary Lander [the baker’s wife], Robert Vivian [Father Pifferi], Herbert Huber [Padrone], William Lloyd [Felice], J. Albert Hall [the prosecuting attorney]
Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Select Film Booking Agency, Incorporated. / Produced by Adolph Zukor. From the play adaptation The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine of the novel The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / Private premiere, 27 December 1914 in New York, New York. Released 12 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Rome, Italy. Frederick’s film debut. Grant’s film debut. The film was edited to five reels and rereleased in the USA by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Success Series] on 15 December 1918. The novel was subsequently filmed as The Eternal City (1923).
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1183.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 25 December 2024.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1183; Fell-History pp. 47, 50; Quirk-Colman p. 44; Slide-Early p. 9; Smith-Colman p. 24 : Website-IMDb.
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