The Rose of Blood

The Rose of Blood
Film poster (1917)
Directed by	J. Gordon Edwards
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Bernard McConville
Story by	Ryszard Ordynski
Starring	Theda Bara Genevieve Blinn Charles Clary
Cinematography	John W. Boyle Rial Schellinger
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	November 4, 1917 (1917-11-04)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Rose of Blood is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. Based on the story "The Red Rose" by Ryszard Ordynski, the film was written by Bernard McConville.

Cast

Theda Bara as Lisza Tapenka
Genevieve Blinn as Governess
Charles Clary as Prince Arbassoff
Marie Kiernan as Kosyla
Joe King as Prime Minister
Herschel Mayall as Koliensky
Ryszard Ordynski as Vassea
Hector Sarno as Revolutionist
Bert Turner as Princess Arbassoff

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Rose of Blood was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut in Reel 2 two scenes of a young man holding a bomb and the throwing of it and the intertitle "They still live, but next time", in Reel 5, the intertitle "Nothing less than death", in Reel 6, scenes of the shooting of the general and the servant doping the wine, and in Reel 7, five riot scenes including a soldier killing a young man and a soldier clubbing an old woman, the intertitle "When are you going to pay me?", two scenes of women taking bombs from a chest, and the lighting of the fuse.^[1]

Preservation status

The Rose of Blood is now considered to be a lost film.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 5 (25): 31. December 15, 1917.
↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Rose of Blood". silentera.com. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Rose of Blood

External links

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Film still at britannica.com

J. Gordon Edwards

Director	St. Elmo (1914) Life's Shop Window (1914) Anna Karenina (1915) A Woman's Resurrection (1915) Should a Mother Tell? (1915) The Song of Hate (1915) Blindness of Devotion (1915) The Galley Slave (1915) The Unfaithful Wife (1915) The Green-Eyed Monster (1916) A Wife's Sacrifice (1916) The Spider and the Fly (1916) Under Two Flags (1916) Her Double Life (1916) Romeo and Juliet (1916) The Vixen (1916) The Darling of Paris (1917) The Tiger Woman (1917) Her Greatest Love (1917) Tangled Lives (1917) Heart and Soul (1917) Camille (1917) The Rose of Blood (1917) Madame Du Barry (1917) The Forbidden Path (1918) The Soul of Buddha (1918) Under the Yoke (1918) Cleopatra (1918) When a Woman Sins (1918) The She-Devil (1918) The Light (1919) Salomé (1919) When Men Desire (1919) The Siren's Song (1919) A Woman There Was (1919) The Lone Star Ranger (1919) Wolves of the Night (1919) The Last of the Duanes (1919) Wings of the Morning (1919) Heart Strings (1920) The Adventurer (1920) The Orphan (1920) The Joyous Troublemaker (1920) If I Were King (1920) Drag Harlan (1920) The Scuttlers (1920) His Greatest Sacrifice (1921) The Queen of Sheba (1921) Nero (1922) The Silent Command (1923) The Shepherd King (1923) The Net (1923) It Is the Law (1924)

Screenwriter	Blindness of Devotion (1915) A Wife's Sacrifice (1916) The She-Devil (1918) The Queen of Sheba (1921)

Producer	A Daughter of the Gods (1916)

Related articles	Filmography Blake Edwards

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