Movie From the Past - Salomé - 1923

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Entertainment Film & Movies Salomé is a 1922-23 silent film directed by Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova [1] who also stars. It is an adaptation of the 1891 Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here as in Wilde's play called Jokanaan) at the request of Herod's stepdaughter Salomé whom he lusts after. Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the United States.[2] The highly stylized costumes exaggerated acting minimal sets and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development.

Salomé is a 1922-23 silent film directed by Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova,[1] who also stars. It is an adaptation of the 1891 Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokanaan) at the request of Herod's stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after.

Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the United States.[2] The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting, minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development.

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