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Diplomacy (1916 film)

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'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.[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=8069 'Diplomacy' revival as produced on Broadway at the Empire Theatre, October 20, 1914 to December 1914; IBDB.com] The film is now lost with just a fragment, 1 reel, remaining at the Library of Congress.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20' by The American Film Institute, c.1988[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1777/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Diplomacy']

The story was filmed again in 1926 as 'Diplomacy' by Paramount with Blanche Sweet starring and her then husband Marshall Neilan directing.

Cast



*Marie Doro - Dora

*Elliott Dexter - Julian Beauclerc

*Edith Campbell - Comtesse Zicka(*as Edith Campbell Walker)

*George Majeroni - Count Orloff

*Frank Losee - Henri Beauclerc

*Russell Bassett - Baron Stein

*Ruth Rose - Mion

References




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