The Eternal City is a silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 directed by Hugh Ford

Hugh Ford

Hugh Ford was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 31 films between 1913 and 1921. He also wrote for 19 films between 1913 and 1920.He was born in Washington, D.C..-Selected filmography:...

 and Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin Stanton Porter was an American early film pioneer, most famous as a director with Thomas Edison's company...

, produced by Adolph Zukor

Adolph Zukor

Adolph Zukor , born Adolph Cukor, was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures.-Early life:...

 and based upon a Hall Caine

Hall Caine

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE , usually known as Hall Caine, was a Manx author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was exceedingly popular, and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his...

 novel. The film was released through the Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

 division of Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...

. The movie is based on the 1902 Broadway play that starred Viola Allen

Viola Allen

Viola Emily Allen was an American stage actress who played leading roles in Shakespere and other plays, including many original plays. She starred in over two dozen Broadway productions from 1885 to 1916...

 and
Frederic DeBelleville. A lost

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

 film.

Cast

• Pauline Frederick
  Pauline Frederick
  Pauline Frederick was a leading Broadway actress who later became known for her motion picture work.-Early years:...
  
   - Donna Roma
• Thomas Holding - David Rossi
• Kittens Reichert
  Kittens Reichert
  Kittens Reichert was an American child actress in silent films. She was born Catherine Alma Reichert in Yonkers, New York, but was nicknamed "Kittens", which she adopted as her stage name...
  
   - Little Roma
• Arthur Oppenheim - Little David
• George Stillwell - Leone
• Della Bella - Leone's wife
• Frank Losee - Baron Bonelli
• Fuller Mellish - Pope Piux XI
• J. Jiquel Lanoe - Charles Minghelli
• George Majeroni -Dr. Roselli
• John Clulow - Bruno Rocco
• Amelia Rose - Elena Rocco
• Freddie Verdi - Joseph Rocco
• Lottie Alter - Princess Bellini
• Lawrence Grant
  Lawrence Grant
  Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant was an English actor known for his supporting roles in films such as The Living Ghost, I'll Tell the World, The Mask of Fu Manchu, and Son of Frankenstein...
  
   - English ambassador

The movie, which stars Pauline Frederick

Pauline Frederick

Pauline Frederick was a leading Broadway actress who later became known for her motion picture work.-Early years:...

 in her debut role, was remade as The Eternal City

The Eternal City (1923 film)

The Eternal City is a silent film directed by George Fitzmaurice, from a script by Ouida Bergère based on a Hall Caine novel, starring Barbara La Marr, Lionel Barrymore and Bert Lytell. The film was produced by the Samuel Goldwyn Company and distributed by First National Pictures. It was a remake...

(1923), directed by George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice was a film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage...

 and starring Barbara La Marr

Barbara La Marr

Barbara La Marr was an American stage and film actress, cabaret artist and screenwriter.La Marr was known as "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful", after a Hearst newspaper feature writer, Adela Rogers St...

, Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell , Born Bertram Lytell, he was a popular screen star of the silent film era who starred in romantic, melodrama and adventure films....

 and Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...

. Both the 1915 & 1923 films were shot in Rome.

This film is now a lost film

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

.

External links

• The Eternal City (1915) at IMDB
• The Eternal City 1902 play at IBDb