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''Her Greatest Love'' is a 1917 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 ...
directed by
J. Gordon Edwards James Gordon Edwards (June 24, 1867 – December 31, 1925) was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and writer who began his career as a stage (theatre), stage actor and stage director. Biography James Gordon Edwards was born in Montreal ...
, starring
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 based on the 1880 novel ''Moths'' by
Ouida Ouida (; 1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée). During her career, Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as s ...
. This film is now considered to be
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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 ...
as Hazel * Marie Curtis as Lady Dolly * Walter Law as Prince Zuoroff * Glen White as Lord Jura * Harry Hilliard as Lucies Coresze * Callie Torres as Jeanne De Sonnaz * Alice Gale as Nurse * Grace Saum as Maid


See also

* List of lost films *
1937 Fox vault fire The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...


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* 1917 films 1917 drama films Fox Film films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on British novels Films based on works by Ouida Films directed by J. Gordon Edwards Lost American films 1917 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub