Panthea (1917 film)

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.[1][2] It is believed to be a lost film.[3] It was last shown in Venice in 1958.[4]

Panthea
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Directed byAllan Dwan
Produced byAllan Dwan
Joseph M. Schenck
Norma Talmadge
Written byMildred Considine
Allen Dwan
Based onPanthea
by Monckton Hoffe
StarringNorma Talmadge
Earle Foxe
L. Rogers Lytton
CinematographyRoy Overbaugh
Harold Rosson
Distributed bySelznick Pictures
Release date
January 11, 1917
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast

Production

The film was shot at the former Biograph studio in New York.[2]

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.[5] 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."[6]

Selznick Enterprises re-released Panthea in 1923 to extremely good business.[5] 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.[7]

References
  1. Spears, Jack (1971). Hollywood: The Golden Era. New York:A.S. Barnes & Co. p. 119 ISBN 0-498-07552-4
  2. Turner Classic Movies
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: Panthea at silentera.com
  4. Greta de Groat (Electronic Media Cataloger at Stanford University Libraries). "The Feature films [sic] of Norma Talmadge".
  5. Spears. p. 121
  6. The Norma Talmadge Website Review from Variety
  7. Lombardi, Frederic. Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 73 ISBN 978-0-7864-3485-5
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