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A Modern Salome is a lost[1] 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Leonce Perret and starring Hope Hampton. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.[2][3] The film is based on the 1891 Oscar Wilde play Salome.

A Modern Salome
Directed by	Leonce Perret
Written by	Leonce Perret
Based on	Salome by Oscar Wilde
Produced by	Metro Pictures
Starring	Hope Hampton
Cinematography	Alfred Ortlieb Harry D. Harde
Production company	Hope Hampton Productions
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	March 1920 (1920-03)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A display advert of the time states: "Her fancy swept her back through the ages, and she was dancing before king Herod for the head of John the Baptist. Yet she was a modern woman, a hot-house product of Twentieth Century Society."[4]

Cast

• Hope Hampton as Virginia Hastings
• Sidney Mason as Robert Monti
• Percy Standing as James Vandam
• Arthur Donaldson as Walter Greene
• Wyndham Standing as Harry Torrence
• Agnes Ayres as Helen Torrence

References

External links

• A Modern Salome at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie

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