She (1917 film)

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She
'She'.jpg
Directed by Kenean Buel
Screenplay by Mary Murillo
Based on She: A History of Adventure
by H. Rider Haggard
Starring
CinematographyFrank G. Kugler
Distributed by Fox 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. [1] It was loosely based on H. Rider Haggard's oft filmed 1887 best-selling novel, She: A History of Adventure . [2] Now considered lost, [3] the film starred Valeska Suratt and Ben Taggart.

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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.