Zaza (1915 film)

1915 film by Edwin Stanton Porter

Zaza

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Directed by| Edwin S. Porter
Hugh Ford
Written by| David Belasco (play)
Based on| Zaza
by Pierre Berton and Charles Simon [fr]
Produced by| Adolph Zukor
Charles Frohman
Starring| Pauline Frederick
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* November 11, 1915 (1915-11-11)

Running time

| 50 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

Zaza is a 1915 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players Film Company in association with the Charles Frohman Company, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford and stars Pauline Frederick in the title role. The film is based on the 1899 French stage play of the same name that starred Mrs. Leslie Carter,[1] and the American adaptation by David Belasco.

Zaza's original release date was scheduled for October 4, 1915. However, a nitrate fire at the Famous Players studio on September 11, 1915 caused the film's release to be delayed until November 11.[2] The film is now considered lost.[3][4][5]

## Cast

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* Pauline Frederick as Zaza
* Julian L'Estrange as Bernard Dufrene
* Ruth Sinclair as Madame Dufrene
* Maude Granger as Aunt Rosa
* Blanche Fisher as Louise
* Helen Sinnott as Nathalie
* Mark Smith as Cascart
* Charles Butler as Duc de Brissac
* Walter Craven as Dubois
* Madge Evans as Child (uncredited)

## Other adaptations

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The play was adapted for the screen again in 1923 starring Gloria Swanson, and in 1939, starring Claudette Colbert.[6]

## See also

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* Edwin S. Porter filmography
* List of lost films

## References

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1. ^ Lombardi, Frederic (2013). Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland. pp. 128, 130. ISBN 978-0-786-43485-5.
2. ^ "Zaza". silentera.com. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
3. ^ Tarbox, Charles H. (1983). Lost films, 1895-1917. Film Classic Exchange. p. 245.
4. ^ The Pauline Frederick webpage: Zaza
5. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Zaza
6. ^ Carr, Larry (1970). Four Fabulous Faces: Swanson, Garbo, Crawford, Dietrich. Penguin Books. p. 40.

## External links

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* Zaza at IMDb
* Zaza at SilentEra

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Adaptations of Zaza by Pierre Berton and Charles Simon [fr]

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* Zaza [fr] (France, 1913)
* Zaza (U.S., 1915)
* Zaza (U.S., 1923)
* Zaza (U.S., 1939)
* Zaza [it] (Italy, 1944)
* Zaza (France, 1956)

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* Zazà

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Films directed by Edwin S. Porter

* Faust and Marguerite (1900)
* The Magician (1900)
* Another Job for the Undertaker (1901)
* Day at the Circus (1901)
* Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901)
* Kansas Saloon Smashers (1901)
* Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog (1901)
* Love by the Light of the Moon (1901)
* The Martyred Presidents (1901)
* The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken (1901)
* Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King (1901)
* What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901)
* Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce (1901)
* Fun in a Bakery Shop (1902)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
* The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship (1902)
* Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902)
* Electrocuting an Elephant (1903)
* The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903)
* The Great Train Robbery (1903)
* Life of an American Fireman (1903)
* Rube and Mandy at Coney Island (1903)
* Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903)
* What Happened in the Tunnel (1903)
* Dog Factory (1904)
* The European Rest Cure (1904)
* How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904)
* Maniac Chase (1904)
* Parsifal (1904)
* "Weary Willie" Kisses the Bride (1904)
* How Jones Lost His Roll (1905)
* The Kleptomaniac (1905)
* The Little Train Robbery (1905)
* The Miller's Daughter (1905)
* The Night Before Christmas (1905)
* The Seven Ages (1905)
* The Train Wreckers (1905)
* The White Caps (1905)
* The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905)
* Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
* Kathleen Mavourneen (1906)
* Life of a Cowboy (1906)
* Waiting at the Church (1906)
* College Chums (1907)
* Daniel Boone (1907)
* Laughing Gas (1907)
* The 'Teddy' Bears (1907)
* The Trainer's Daughter; or, A Race for Love (1907)
* The Boston Tea Party (1908)
* Saved by Love (1908)
* Skinner's Finish (1908)
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910)
* Peg Woffington (1910)
* By the Light of the Moon (1911)
* Captain Nell (1911)
* The Lighthouse by the Sea (1911)
* A Night of Terror (1911)
* Silver Threads Among the Gold (1911)
* The Count of Monte Cristo (1912)
* His Neighbor's Wife (1913)
* The Prisoner of Zenda (1913)
* The Crucible (1914)
* A Good Little Devil (1914)
* Hearts Adrift (1914)
* The Spitfire (1914)
* Such a Little Queen (1914)
* Tess of the Storm Country (1914)
* Bella Donna (1915)
* The Dictator (1915)
* The Eternal City (1915)
* Jim the Penman (1915)
* Lydia Gilmore (1915)
* The Morals of Marcus (1915)
* Niobe (1915)
* The Prince and the Pauper (1915)
* Sold (1915)
* When We Were Twenty-One (1915)
* The White Pearl (1915)
* Zaza (1915)

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