The Devil's Daughter (1915)
June 16, 1915Release Date
The Devil's Daughter (1915)
June 16, 1915Release Date
Plot.
"My heart is ice, my passion consuming fire. Let men beware," exclaimed Theda Bara (via an inter-title, of course) in this "Vamp" melodrama based on Grabriele D'Annunzio's 1898 story La Gioconda.
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Cast & Crew.
Theda Bara
La Gioconda
Paul Doucet
Lucio Settala
Robert Wayne
Lorenzo Gaddi
Victor Benoit
Cosimo Daldo
Doris Heywood
Silvia Settala
Frank Powell
Director
Jane Miller
Francesca Doni
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Writer
Elaine Evans
La Sirenetta
Garfield Thompson
Writer
Edouard Durand
Roffiano
Joseph H. Trant
Writer
Elaine Ivans
La Sirenetta
Jane Lee
Little Beata
Clifford Bruce
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 16, 1915
StatusReleased
Filming LocationsFort Lee, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Devil's Daughter is a lost 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell and starring Theda Bara. Based on the 1899 play La Gioconda by Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, this updated adaptation portrayed the story of vengeful woman—a "vamp"—who uses her beauty and sensuality to lure a young man to ruin, destroying both his marriage and his career as an artist. The film was produced by Fox Film Corporation and shot at the company's studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey and on location in St. Augustine, Florida.The Library of Congress includes the film among the National Film Preservation Board's updated 2019 list of "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films" produced between 1912 and 1929.