''The Bride of Death'' (Italian: ''Sposa nella morte!'') is a 1915 Italian silent

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directed by Emilio Ghione and starring

Lina Cavalieri Natalina "Lina" Cavalieri (25 December 1874 – 7 February 1944) was an Italian operatic dramatic soprano, actress, and monologist. Biography Lina Cavalieri was born on Christmas Day at Viterbo, some north of Rome. She lost her parents at the a ...

. It was shot on location in

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and

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, with Cavalieri's contract giving her a percentage of the profits. It was released in the United States the following year, under the alternative title of ''The Shadow of Her Past'', but was not well received.Fryer & Usova p.151

Cast

* Angelo Bonfanti * Ida Carloni Talli *

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* Alberto Collo *

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* Lucien Muratore * Luigi Scotto

References

Bibliography

* Paul Fryer, Olga Usova. ''Lina Cavalieri: The Life of Opera's Greatest Beauty, 1874-1944''. McFarland, 2003.

External links

* 1915 films 1915 drama films 1910s Italian-language films Italian silent feature films Films directed by Emilio Ghione Italian black-and-white films Silent Italian drama films {{Italy-silent-film-stub