She (1917 film)

She
Directed byKenean Buel
Screenplay byMary Murillo
Based onShe: A History of Adventure
by H. Rider Haggard
Starring
CinematographyFrank G. Kugler
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 14, 1917 (1917-04-14)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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

Cast

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Leibfried, Philip (2000). Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard On Screen, Stage, Radio, and Television. McFarland. p. 166. ISBN 0-7864-0707-7.
  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 0-935398-05-8.
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