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''The Queen of Sheba'' (1921) is a silent
17 second fragment
from the film at the Internet Archive * of Fox Film fire facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, in which the camera negative and last prints of ''The Queen of Sheba'' most likely perished
Foreign release lobby poster
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''The Queen of Sheba'' (1921) is a silent drama film
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produced by Fox
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studios about the story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon
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, King of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba ( he, מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא, Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ; ar, ملكة سبأ, Malikat Sabaʾ; gez, ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nəgśətä Saba) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brin ...
. Written and directed by J. Gordon Edwards, it starred Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter; September 1, 1893 – April 7, 1972) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as '' The Queen of Sheba'' (1921). She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 ...
as the Queen and Fritz Leiber Sr. as King Solomon. The film is well known amongst silent film buffs for the risqué costumes worn by Blythe, as evidenced by several surviving stills taken during the production. Only a short fragment of the film survives.
Cast
Production
The film was originally intended forTheda 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 ...
. However Bara chose not to renew her contract and, after making the ill-fated '' Kathleen Mavourneen'', she all but retired from filmmaking. While making ''Mavourneen,'' construction began on sets for ''The Queen of Sheba.'' Not wanting it to go to waste, William Fox chose to put Betty Blythe in the role. The film became a hit but Blythe never matched its success with her later films.
The topless scenes filmed in this movie were seen only in European release versions of the movie.
Preservation
The film is presumed lost. A 1937 New Jersey vault fire destroyed most of the Fox silent film negatives and prints, and it is unlikely a copy of ''The Queen of Sheba'' still exists. However, in May 2011, a 17-second fragment was found, and initially mistakenly identified as from ''Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. ...
'' (1917), though comparison with stills from the movie have since led to it being identified correctly. See image comparison.
See also
*List of incomplete or partially lost films
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*List of lost films
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*Nudity in film
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References
External links
* * *17 second fragment
from the film at the Internet Archive * of Fox Film fire facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, in which the camera negative and last prints of ''The Queen of Sheba'' most likely perished
Foreign release lobby poster
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