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The Seven Swans is a lost[1] 1917 silent film fantasy starring Marguerite Clark. Famous Players Film Company produced and J. Searle Dawley directed.[2]

The Seven Swans
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Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Written by	J. Searle Dawley
Based on	The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Marguerite Clark Richard Barthelmess
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1917
Country	USA
Language	Silent film..(English intertitles)

Plot

Loosely based on The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen, Clark stars as Princess Tweedledee who later falls in love with Prince Charming. An evil witch, yearning to take over a kingdom, turns the Princess's brothers into swans. Moon Fairies vow to turn her brothers back to humans if she knits them seven robes and not speak to another human for a specified amount of time.

Cast

• Marguerite Clark - Princess Tweedledee
• William E. Danforth - The King
• Augusta Anderson - The Wicked Queen
• Edwin Denison - The Lord High Chancellor
• Daisy Belmore - The Witch
• Richard Barthelmess - Prince Charming
• Richard Allen - Princess Tweedeldee's Brother
• Jere Austin - Tweedeldee's Brother
• Joseph Sterling - Tweedeldee's Brother
• Frederick Merrick - Tweedeldee's Brother
• Lee F. Daly - Tweedeldee's Brother
• Stanley King - Tweedeldee's Brother
• Gordon Dana - Tweedeldee's Brother

References

External links

• The Seven Swans at IMDb.com
• AllMovie.com

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