''Mary Tudor'' (Italian: ''Maria Tudor'') is a 1911 Italian silent

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro. It is now a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

and very little is known about it other than its portrayal of

Mary I of England Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain from January 1556 until her death in 1558. Sh ...

.Parill & Robison p.143 It might be based on the play ''

Marie Tudor ''Marie Tudor'' is an 1833 play by the French writer Victor Hugo. It is a historical work portraying the rise, fall and execution of Fabiano Fabiani, a fictional favourite of Mary I of England (1516–1558). Mary has Fabiani thrown in the Tower of ...

'' by

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

. De Liguoro directed a number of historical films during the era.

References

Bibliography

* Parrill, Sue & Robison, William B. ''The Tudors on Film and Television''. McFarland, 2013.

External links

* 1911 films Italian silent short films Italian historical films 1910s historical films Films set in the 16th century Films set in England Lost Italian films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro Italian black-and-white films 1911 lost films {{historic-film-stub