Diplomacy | |
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Directed by | Sidney Olcott |
Written by | Hugh Ford (scenario) |
Based on | Diplomacy by Victorien Sardou |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Marie Doro |
Cinematography | Hal Young |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Diplomacy is a 1916 silent film drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1878 stage play Diplomacy , adapted from the French play Dora (1877) by Victorien Sardou, which had enjoyed revivals and road shows for decades. This film stars Doro reprising her 1914 Broadway revival role. [1] The film is now lost with just a fragment, 1 reel, remaining at the Library of Congress. [2] [3]
The story was filmed again in 1926 as Diplomacy by Paramount with Blanche Sweet starring and her then husband Marshall Neilan directing.