Salome (1908)

Original title

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

Directed by

J. Stuart Blackton

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

40 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short silent film adapts a scene from a play by Oscar Wilde. Salome performs a dance for King Herod in exchange for the head of John the Baptist.

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What happens

Salome è un cortometraggio muto del 1908 diretto da J. Stuart Blackton. Sceneggiato da Theodore A. Liebler Jr., il film si ispira alla Salomè di Oscar Wilde, lavoro teatrale del 1891 andato in scena per la prima volta l'11 febbraio 1896 al Théâtre de l'Œuvre di Parigi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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