The Private Life of Helen of Troy

1927 film by Alexander Korda

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Directed by| Alexander Korda
Written by| Gerald C. Duffy (intertitles)
Ralph Spence (intertitles)
Casey Robinson (intertitles)
Based on| The Private Life of Helen of Troy
by John Erskine
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 (English intertitles)

The Private Life of Helen of Troy is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure 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.[1]

## Cast

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* María Corda as Helen
* Lewis Stone as Menelaus
* Ricardo Cortez as Paris
* George Fawcett as Eteoneus
* Alice White as Adraste
* Bill Elliott as Telemachus
* Tom O'Brien as Ulysses
* Bert Sprotte as Achilles
* Mario Carillo as Ajax
* Charles Puffy as Malapokitoratoreadetos
* George Kotsonaros as Hector
* Emilio Gorgato as Sarpedon
* Constantine Romanoff as Aeneas
* Alice Adair as Aphrodite
* Helen Fairweather as Athena
* Virginia Thomas as Hera
* Agostino Borgato (uncredited)
* Sonia Karlov (uncredited)
* Inez Marion (uncredited)
* Jack Stambaugh as Extra (uncredited)
* John Westwood as Extra (uncredited)
* Clifford Ingram as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
* Gusztáv Pártos as Nobleman (uncredited)

## Reception

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Released at the end of the silent film era, The Private Life of Helen of Troy 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.[2]

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]

## Preservation

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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.[1][3]

## See also

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* List of incomplete or partially lost films

## References

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1. ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: The Private Life of Helen of Troy at silentera.com
2. ^ King, Susan (February 24, 2017). "August Wilson is in good company among posthumous Oscar nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Private Life of Helen of Troy

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Private Life of Helen of Troy.

* The Private Life of Helen of Troy at IMDb
* Synopsis at AllMovie

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* Night Watch (1928)
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* The Squall (1929)
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* The Men Around Lucy (1931)
* Rive gauche (1931)
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* The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
* Rembrandt (1936)
* That Hamilton Woman (1941)
* Perfect Strangers (1945)
* An Ideal Husband (1947)

As producer only|

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* That Night in London (1932)
* Women Who Play (1932)
* Strange Evidence (1933)
* Counsel's Opinion (1933)
* Cash (1933)
* Catherine the Great (1934)
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* Things Are Looking Up (1935)
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* The Ghost Goes West (1935)
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* I Stand Condemned (1936)
* Men Are Not Gods (1936)
* Forget Me Not (1936)
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* Fire Over England (1937)
* I, Claudius (1937) (unfinished)
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* Elephant Boy (1937)
* Farewell Again (1937)
* Storm in a Teacup (1937)
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* The Squeaker (1937)
* Paradise for Two (1937)
* The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
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* The Challenge (1938)
* Prison Without Bars (1938)
* Q Planes (1939)
* The Four Feathers (1939)
* The Rebel Son (1939)
* The Spy in Black (1939)
* The Lion Has Wings (1939)
* Over the Moon (1939)
* 21 Days (1940)
* Conquest of the Air (1940)
* The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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* Lydia (1941)
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* Saints and Sinners (1949)
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