Cleopatra (1917 film)

Cleopatra 1917 was an American silent historical drama film based on H. Rider Haggards 1889 novel Cleopatra and the plays Cleopatre by mile Moreau and Victorien Sardou and Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. The film starred Theda Bara in the title role, Fritz Leiber, Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall played Mark Antony. The film is now considered lost, with only fragments surviving.

Cleopatra was one of the most elaborate Hollywood films ever produced up to that time, with particularly lavish sets and costumes. According to the studio, the film cost 500,000 approximately 8.3 million in 2009 to make and employed 2,000 people behind the scenes. Theda Bara appeared in a variety of costumes, some quite risqu. The film was a great success at the time.The picture was filmed on the Dominquez slough just outside Long Beach, California. The throne prop used in the film ended up, years later, in the possession of Leon Schlesinger Productions, the production company behind the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons its disposition after the acquisition of that company by Warner Bros. is unknown. ........

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