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Sapho (1917)

NR ★ 0.0/10 50 min Drama, Romance United States English
Director: Hugh Ford
Novel: Alphonse Daudet
Scenario Writer: Hugh Ford
Adaptation: Doty Hobart
Streaming: Not available
Pauline Frederick has created from this famous literary character, a role that will linger in the mind forever as one of her very greatest screen achievements.

Description

Sapho, whose real name is Fanny Legrand, is the daughter of poor people, her father being a coachman, and her early home is little more than a hovel in the slums of Paris. She is a flower seller on the streets of Paris, earning a few sous daily, which she uses to support her family. She meets famous sculptor, Caoudal, who recognizes her wonderful beauty and persuades her to pose for him. The luxury of his studio awakens in her an unsuspected love for the beautiful things of life. It's not long before she becomes the most talked of and sought after model of Paris. She is content to live in this way, reveling in beauty and the admiration of her friends and Caoudal himself. Until a poet named Dejoie, moved by her beauty, writes verses to her which make both himself and her still more famous, winning her away from Caoudal. A lost film.

Top Cast

Pauline Frederick
Pauline Frederick Sapho, aka Fanny Lagrand
Frank Losee
Frank Losee Caoudal
John St. Polis
John St. Polis Dejoie
Pedro de Cordoba
Pedro de Cordoba Flamant
Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan Jean Gaussin
Howard Davies

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