Zaza (1915)
50m
Running Time
November 11, 1915Release Date
Plot.
Zaza is a music hall star in Paris. She meets Bernard Dufrene and a flirtation develops into an intense love on her part. She is in despair when she discovers that he already has a wife and child. To visit them and announce herself as the mistress of the husband and father is her first idea, but the charm of the child restrains her. She cannot strike the blow and passes off her visit with an improvised excuse. She dismisses Bernard and returns to the stage, where she gains real fame as a dramatic artist. Once more he seeks her, but again the memory of the child saves her to her better self.
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Cast & Crew.
Pauline Frederick
Zaza
Julian L'Estrange
Bernard Dufrene
Ruth Sinclair
Madame Dufrene
Maud Granger
Aunt Rosa
Ruth Cummings
Madame Dufrene
Blanche Fisher
Louise
Helen Sinnott
Nathalie
Walter Craven
Dubois
Mark Smith
Cascart
Edwin S. Porter
Director
Charles Butler
Duc de Brissac
Hugh Ford
Director
Adolph Zukor
Producer
Madge Evans
Child
David Belasco
Writer
Pierre Berton (Montan)
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
Zaza is a 1915 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players Film Company in association with the Charles Frohman Company, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford and stars Pauline Frederick in the title role. The film is based on the 1899 French stage play of the same name that starred Mrs. Leslie Carter, and the American adaptation by David Belasco.
Zaza's original release date was scheduled for October 4, 1915. However, a nitrate fire at the Famous Players studio on September 11, 1915 caused the film's release to be delayed until November 11. The film is now considered lost.