Samson (1915 film)

Samson
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Directed by	Edgar Lewis
Written by	Henri Bernstein (play) Paul Sloane
Starring	William Farnum Maude Gilbert Edgar L. Davenport
Production company	Box Office Attractions Company
Distributed by	Box Office Attractions Company
Release date	January 1915 (1915-01)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Samson is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring William Farnum, Maude Gilbert and Edgar L. Davenport. It is an adaptation of Henri Bernstein's play Samson. Farnum later appeared in a second adaptation Shackles of Gold, although the setting was switched from France to America.^[1]

Cast

• William Farnum as Maurice Brachard
• Maude Gilbert as Marie D'Andolin
• Edgar L. Davenport as Marquis D'Amdprom
• Agnes Everett as Marquise D'Andolin
• Harry Spingler as Max D'Andolin
• Charles Guthrie as Jerome Govaine
• Carey Lee as Elise Vernette
• George De Carlton as M. Deveraux
• Elmer Peterson as M. Fontenay
• Edward Kyle as Baron Hatzfeldt

References

1. Goble p.38

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Samson at IMDb