The Devil's Daughter (1915)

Directed by

Frank Powell

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 05m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A vengeful woman uses her beauty to ruin a young married artist, destroying his career and relationship. It is based on a 1915 play and is now a lost silent film.

melodramaticseductivetenseslow-burnbleaktragicvisually lushold-fashioned

What happens

The Devil's Daughter is a lost 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda Bara. Based on the 1899 play La Gioconda by Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, this updated adaptation portrayed the story of vengeful woman—a "vamp"—who uses her beauty and sensuality to lure a young man to ruin, destroying both his marriage and his career as an artist. The film was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the company's studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey and on location in St. Augustine, Florida. The Library of Congress includes the film among the National Film Preservation Board's updated 2019 list of "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films" produced between 1912 and 1929. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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