Mary Magdalene (1914 film)

Mary Magdalene is a 1914 silent film that is loosely based on the 1910, threeact play of the same name by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck.

Charles Urban, the AngloBritish promoter of the Kinemacolor process of making color motion pictures, acquired worldwide rights to Maurice Maeterlincks play Mary Magdalene with plans to produce a color film. Maeterlincks mistress Georgette Leblanc, who had appeared in the title role of the original production of play, was retained to star in the movie. Although Urban planned an Autumn 1913 release in London, and actual filming did take place in Europe, a final product never reached the screen. Instead, Aubrey Kennedy of Kennedy Features in Los Angeles, California, released his own version of Mary Magdalene in February 1914 that was filmed at cameraman James Crosbys J.A.C. Studio near downtown Los Angeles.Kennedy Features sought investors stateright buyers for the film by advertizing that Mary Magdalene was a stupendous production that will create a sensation wherever shown. One theater ad that appeared after theFebruary 1914 release of the film even billed it as the most magnificent melodramatic feature America has ever seen. Although reviews of the film were generally positive, and it was still being shown in theaters as late as November 1915, little mention of Mary Magdalene appears in motion picture trade journals such as The Moving Picture World and Motography in the months after the film was released. ........

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