The Rose of Blood

The Rose of Blood
Film poster (1917)
Directed byJ. Gordon Edwards
Written byBernard McConville
Story byRyszard Ordynski
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTheda Bara
Genevieve Blinn
Charles Clary
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Rial Schellinger
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 4, 1917 (1917-11-04)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Rose of Blood is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. Based on the story "The Red Rose" by Ryszard Ordynski, the film was written by Bernard McConville. The Rose of Blood is now considered to be a lost film.[1][2]

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Rose of Blood was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut in Reel 2 two scenes of a young man holding a bomb and the throwing of it and the intertitle "They still live, but next time", in Reel 5, the intertitle "Nothing less than death", in Reel 6, scenes of the shooting of the general and the servant doping the wine, and in Reel 7, five riot scenes including a soldier killing a young man and a soldier clubbing an old woman, the intertitle "When are you going to pay me?", two scenes of women taking bombs from a chest, and the lighting of the fuse.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Rose of Blood". silentera.com. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Rose of Blood
  3. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. December 15, 1917.
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