Destruction (film)

Destruction
Poster
Directed byWill S. Davis
Written byWill S. Davis
Émile Zola (novel)
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTheda Bara
J. Herbert Frank
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 26, 1915 (1915-12-26)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

Destruction is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Will S. Davis and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost.[1] Destruction was probably based on the 1901 Émile Zola novel Travail ("Labor").[2]

Plot

Fernande, a greedy woman, marries a rich old man who is expected to die soon, in order to inherit his money. The husband discovers her intentions but dies suddenly before he is able to change his will. Now a widow, Fernande's next plan is to kill the wealthy's man son who also inherits.

Filming Details

Per a period newspaper: "During the making of the riot scenes in "Destruction," a labor drama, two cameramen's assistants and a score of actors and bystanders were injured when three companies of state militia and a troop of cavalry charged the crowds. As a result, when the representatives of law and order charged into the foreground, instead of swinging by the battalion of cameras they swept straight into them. Those most seriously injured were "Banty" R. Tuttle, an actor, and J. Lud Houston and Feeley P. Royce, cameramen's assistants. Bunnum A. Morse, a spectator, sustained a broken collarbone."[3]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Silent Era: Destruction". silentera. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "SCORES ARE HURT IN A PHOTO PLAY RIOT". Omaha Daily Bee. (Omaha [Neb.]). February 6, 1916. Retrieved September 24, 2023.