Sapho (film)

Sapho
Directed by	Hugh Ford
Produced by	Daniel Frohman
Screenplay by	Hugh Ford Doty Hobart
Based on	Sapho  by Alphonse Daudet
Starring	Pauline Frederick Frank Losee John St. Polis Pedro de Cordoba Thomas Meighan
Cinematography	Ned Van Buren
Production company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 11, 1917
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Sapho is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford and written by Hugh Ford and Doty Hobart. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Frank Losee, John St. Polis, Pedro de Cordoba, and Thomas Meighan. It is based on the novel Sapho by Alphonse Daudet.^[1][2] The film was released on March 11, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. Its survival status is classified as unknown,^[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.

Cast

• Pauline Frederick as Sapho, aka Fanny Lagrand
• Frank Losee as Caoudal
• John St. Polis as Dejoie (credited as John Sainpolis)
• Pedro de Cordoba as Flamant
• Thomas Meighan as Jean Gaussin

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Sapho was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the view of Jean pointing at the bed and accusing Sapho.^[3]

References

1. "Sapho". silentera.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
2. "Sapho". AFI. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
3. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 6 (3): 31. January 12, 1918.

External links

• Sapho at the Internet Movie Database
• Film stills at silentfilmstillarchive.com
• Daudet, Alphonse (1905 edition), Sapho; Parisian Manners, New York: Société des Beaux-Arts, on the Internet Archive