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Panthea (1917 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Panthea' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Norma Talmadge. This was the first film Talmadge made after leaving D.W. Griffith's company to form her own production company with Joseph M. Schenck.Spears, Jack (1971). 'Hollywood: The Golden Era'. New York:A.S. Barnes & Co. p. 119 [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500853/Panthea/notes.html Turner Classic Movies] It is believed to be a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Panthea1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Panthea'] at silentera.com It was last shown in Venice in 1958.
Cast
*Norma Talmadge as Panthea Romoff
*Earle Foxe as Gerald Mordaunt
*L. Rogers Lytton as Baron de Duisitor
*George Fawcett as Prefect of Police
*Murdock MacQuarrie as Police Agent
*Erich von Stroheim as Lieutenant
*Norbert Wicki as Ivan Romoff
*William L. Abingdon as Sir Henry Mordaunt
*Winifred Harris as Gerard's Mother
*Eileen Percy as Gerard's Sister (credited as Elaine Persey)
*Stafford Windsor as Percival
*Richard Rosson as Pablo Centeno
*Frank Currier as Dr. Von Reichstadt
*Herbert Barry
*Jack Meredith
Production
The film was shot at the former Biograph studio in New York.
Release
'Panthea' opened in U.S. theaters in January, 1917, and performed well at the box office. Talmadge made several personal appearances to help the film, often wearing her costumes from the film.Spears. p. 121 It was well reviewed; Julian Johnson of 'Photoplay' described the film as "staged with an eye both to artistic lighting and dramatic effect, true to life even in its most melodramatic moments, tingling with suspense, saturate with sympathy."[https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/NT/oldreviews/panthea.htm The Norma Talmadge Website] Review from 'Variety'
Selznick Enterprises re-released 'Panthea' in 1923 to extremely good business. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1958, but has since not been available, leading to the consensus that it is a lost film.Lombardi, Frederic. 'Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 73
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