''La Gioconda'' is an 1899 play by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. In November 1902 in

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, a Broadway version of the play was presented at the Victoria Theatre and featured the acclaimed Italian actress

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. ''La Gioconda'' was also adapted for film on at least four occasions: three times in the

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and as a Mexican film in 1951.

Film adaptations

* ''Love Re-Conquered'' (''La Gioconda'') (1912), directed by

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* '' The Devil's Daughter'' (1915), directed by Frank Powell * ''La Gioconda'' (1916), directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi * ''

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'' (1951), directed by Chano Urueta

References

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