She (1917 film)

She
Directed by	Kenean Buel
Screenplay by	Mary Murillo
Based on	She: A History of Adventure  by H. Rider Haggard
Starring	Valeska Suratt Ben Taggart
Cinematography	Frank G. Kugler
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	April 14, 1917
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

She was a 1917 American silent fantasy adventure drama film directed by Kenean Buel and produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1] It was loosely based on H. Rider Haggard's oft filmed 1887 best-selling novel, She: A History of Adventure.^[2] Now considered lost,^[3] the film starred Valeska Suratt and Ben Taggart.

Cast

• Valeska Suratt – Ayesha, 'She'
• Ben Taggart – Leo Vincey
• Miriam Fouche – Ustane
• Thomas Wigney Persyval – Billali
• Tom Burrough – Horace Holly
• Martin Reagan – Job

References

1. Leibfried, Philip (2000). Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard On Screen, Stage, Radio, and Television. McFarland. p. 166. ISBN 0-786-40707-7.
2. "She". Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
3. International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; Pratt, George C. (1982). Faces and Fabrics/Feathers and Furs. George Eastman House. p. 3. ISBN 0-935-39805-8.

External links

• She at the Internet Movie Database
• She at AllMovie
• She at Silent Era
• Scene from the now lost film (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)