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The Queen of Sheba (1921 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Queen of Sheba' (1921) is a silent drama film produced by Fox studios about the story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, King of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba. Written and directed by J. Gordon Edwards, it starred Betty Blythe as the Queen and Fritz Leiber Sr. as King Solomon. The film is well known amongst silent film buffs for the risqu costumes worn by Blythe, as evidenced by several surviving stills taken during the production. Only a short fragment of the film survives.CBS News. [https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/lost-films/3/ Lost Films: Queen of Sheba]. Accessed July 20, 2020
Cast
Production
The film was originally intended for Theda Bara. However Bara chose not to renew her contract and, after making the ill-fated 'Kathleen Mavourneen', she all but retired from filmmaking. While making 'Mavourneen,' construction began on sets for 'The Queen of Sheba.' Not wanting it to go to waste, William Fox chose to put Betty Blythe in the role. The film became a hit but Blythe never matched its success with her later films.
The topless scenes filmed in this movie were seen only in European release versions of the movie.
and Betty Blythe in 'The Queen of Sheba'
Preservation
The film is presumed lost.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm The Queen of Sheba at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted] Wayback Machine). Retrieved July 21, 2018 A 1937 New Jersey vault fire destroyed most of the Fox silent film negatives and prints, and it is unlikely a copy of 'The Queen of Sheba' still exists. However, in May 2011, a 17-second fragment was found,[https://archive.org/details/Cleopatra1917 17 second fragment] from the film at the Internet Archive and initially mistakenly identified as from 'Cleopatra' (1917), though comparison with stills from the movie have since led to it being identified correctly. See image comparison.
See also
*List of incomplete or partially lost films
*List of lost films
*Nudity in film
References
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