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The Private Life of Helen of Troy is a 1927 American silent film about Helen of Troy based on the 1925 novel of the same name by John Erskine, and adapted to screen by Gerald Duffy. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred María Corda as Helen, Lewis Stone as Menelaus, and Ricardo Cortez as Paris.

The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Directed by	Alexander Korda
Written by	John Erskine (novel) Gerald C. Duffy (intertitles) Ralph Spence (intertitles) Casey Robinson (intertitles)
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Starring	María Corda Lewis Stone Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography	Lee Garmes Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Harold Young
Music by	Carl Edouarde Cecil Copping (NYC premiere, uncredited)
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release dates	December 9, 1927 (1927-12-09) (NYC) January 8, 1928 (1928-01-08) (Nationwide)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Coming at the end of the silent film era, it was nominated for an Academy Award in 1929, the year of the Awards' inception, in the category of Best Title Writing. Duffy died on June 25, 1928, and was the first person to be posthumously nominated for an Academy Award.[1]

That same year, the first "talkie", The Jazz Singer, received an honorary award for introducing sound to film, and the category for which The Private Life of Helen of Troy was nominated was dropped by the second Academy Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Two sections from the beginning and end, running about 27–30 minutes in total, are reportedly all that survive of The Private Life of Helen of Troy; they are preserved by the British Film Institute.[2][3]

Cast

• María Corda - Helen
• Lewis Stone - Menelaus
• Ricardo Cortez - Paris
• George Fawcett - Eteoneus
• Alice White - Adraste
• Bill Elliott - Telemachus
• Tom O'Brien - Ulysses
• Bert Sprotte - Achilles
• Mario Carillo - Ajax
• Charles Puffy - Malapokitoratoreadetos
• George Kotsonaros - Hector
• Emilio Gorgato - Sarpedon
• Constantine Romanoff - Aeneas
• Alice Adair - Aphrodite
• Helen Fairweather - Athena

See also

• List of incomplete or partially lost films

References

External links

• The Private Life of Helen of Troy at IMDb
• synopsis at AllMovie

На других языках

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- [en] The Private Life of Helen of Troy

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[ru] Частная жизнь Елены Троянской

«Частная жизнь Елены Троянской» (англ. The Private Life of Helen of Troy) — американская немая кинокомедия 1927 года Александра Корды по одноимённому роману 1925 года Джона Эрскина. Фильм был номинирован на премию «Оскар» за лучшие титры (Джералд Даффи). В настоящее время сохранилось только двадцать девять с половиной минут плёнки фильма, которая хранится в архиве Британского института кинематографии.[1][2]

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