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Salome

Salome (1918)

1h 20m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. (Film presumed lost.)

Director: J. Gordon Edwards

Studio: Fox Film Corporation

Genre: Drama, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Theda Bara

Theda Bara

as Salome

G. Raymond Nye

G. Raymond Nye

as King Herod

Alan Roscoe

Alan Roscoe

as John the Baptist

Herbert Heyes

Herbert Heyes

as Sejanus

Bertram Grassby

Bertram Grassby

as Prince David

Genevieve Blinn

Genevieve Blinn

as Queen Miriam