''La Belle Russe'' is a 1919 American silent

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

directed by

Charles Brabin Charles Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was a British-American film director. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York City in the early 1900s and, while hold ...

and starring

Theda Bara Theda Bara ( ; born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Her femme fatal ...

Warburton Gamble Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor. Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905. His work on stage included a season of ...

, Marian Stewart, Robert Lee Keeling,

William B. Davidson William Beatman Davidson (June 16, 1888 – September 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1947. Early life Davidson was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He attended Columbia University, w ...

, and Alice Wilson. It is based on the 1882 play of the same name by

David Belasco David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of m ...

, which was previously adapted for the screen in 1914. The film was released by

Fox Film Corporation The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film ...

on September 21, 1919.

Plot

Cast

as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe *

as Phillip Sackton *Marian Stewart as Phillip Sackton Jr. *Robert Lee Keeling as Sir James Sackton *

as Brand *Alice Wilson as Lady Sackton *Robert Vivian as Butler *Lewis Broughton

Preservation

The film is now considered

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,American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''La Belle Russe''
/ref> being among the films whose last copies, were destroyed in the

1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...

, like most of Theda Bara's filmography.

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* 1919 romantic drama films American romantic drama films 1919 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Fox Film films Lost American films American films based on plays Films directed by Charles Brabin Lost romantic drama films 1919 lost films 1910s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

Plot

Cast

Preservation

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