''The Clemenceau Case'' is a 1915 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

written and directed by

Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s. Brenon was among the early film ...

and costarring

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 ...

and William H. Shay. The film is based on the French novel ''L'affaire Clémenceau'', by

Alexandre Dumas, fils Alexandre Dumas (; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel ''La Dame aux Camélias'' (''The Lady of the Camellias''), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1 ...

, and is now considered to be

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Cast

as Iza * William E. Shay as Pierre Clemenceau * Mrs. Allen Walker as Marie Clemenceau *

Stuart Holmes Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes. Biog ...

as Constantin Ritz * Jane Lee as Janet * Saba Raleigh as Countess Dobronowska (credited as Mrs. Cecil Raleigh) * Frank Goldsmith as Duke Sergius * Sidney Shields as Madame Ritz

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''The Clemenceau Case'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors for the 1918 reissue of the film cut, in Reel 4, two scenes in Iza's bedroom between her and Constantin beginning with her locking the door, Reel 5, scene on couch between Iza and her husband in which gown falls from her shoulder, and the stabbing.

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* * 1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on French novels Films directed by Herbert Brenon Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey Fox Film films Lost American films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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