Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (film)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime may refer to: * Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, an 1891 collection of short stories by Oscar Wilde ** Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (short story) * Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1920 film), a Hungarian silent crime film, based on the short story * Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1922 film), a French silent mystery crime film, based on the short story * Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (play) ''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' is a 1952 comedy play, comedy thriller play by the British writer Constance Cox, based on the short story ''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (short story), Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' by Oscar Wilde. After a palm reader ...

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime And Other Stories
''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories'' is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: *"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" *" The Canterville Ghost" *"The Sphinx Without a Secret" *"The Model Millionaire" In later editions, another story, " The Portrait of Mr. W. H.", was added to the collection. __TOC__ Contents "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" This story was first published in '' The Court and Society Review'', in late 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder. His first attempted murder victim is his elderly Aunt Clementina, who suffers from heartburn. Pretending it is medicine, Lord Arthur gives her a capsule of poison, telling her to take it only wh ...
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1920 Film)
''Lord Arthur Saville's Crime'' (Hungarian: ''Lidércnyomás'') is a 1920 Hungarian silent crime film directed by Pál Fejös and starring Ödön Bárdi, Lajos Gellért and Margit Lux. It was also released as both ''Mark of the Phantom'' and ''Lidercnyomas''. The film was based on the 1891 short story '' Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' by Oscar Wilde. It was one of Pal Fejos' earliest films and is now considered lost. It was photographed by Jozsef Karban. In 1927, director Fejos emigrated to Hollywood where he directed ''The Last Performance'', and later directed '' ''Fantômas'' (1932 film)'' in France in 1932. The Oscar Wilde short story was filmed twice more in Europe during the silent years.... in 1919 as ''Lord Saviles brott'' (a Swedish film directed by Gunnar Klintburg) and again in 1921 as ''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' (a French film directed by Rene Hervil).Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee ...
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1922 Film)
''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' (French: ''Le crime de Lord Arthur Savile'') is a 1922 French silent mystery crime film directed by René Hervil and starring Cecil Mannering, André Dubosc and André Nox. It is based on Oscar Wilde's 1887 short story '' Lord Arthur Savile's Crime''.Goble p.500 Cast * Cecil Mannering as Lord Arthur Savile * André Dubosc as Merton * André Nox as Podgers * Monique Chrysès as Lady Windermere * Mlle Barral * Jules de Spoly * Catherine Fonteney * Violette Jyl * Olive Sloane Olive Sloane (16 December 1896 – 28 June 1963) was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death. Sloane's career trajectory was unusual in that for most of her professional life she was e ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press ...
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