Zaza 1923 full silent movie

Zaza is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed and produced by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson. This film is based on the 1899 French play of the same name produced on Broadway by David Belasco and starring Mrs. Leslie Carter. The film was shot at Paramount's Astoria Studios in New York City.

A previous film version was released by Paramount in 1915 starring Pauline Frederick. A third version, directed by George Cukor and starring Claudette Colbert, was released in 1939.

Cast

Gloria Swanson as Zaza
H. B. Warner as Bernard Dufresne
Ferdinand Gottschalk as Duke de Brissac
Lucille La Verne as Aunt Rosa
Mary Thurman as Florianne
Yvonne Hughes as Nathalie, Zaza's maid
Riley Hatch as Rigault
L. Rogers Lytton as Stage Manager (credited as Roger Lytton)
Ivan Linow as Apache
Florence Fair as Madame Dufresne (uncredited)
Helen Mack as Lucille Dufresne (uncredited)

[milenabellini]

Una formidabile attrice Gloria Swanson !

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Swanson always comes across as overly mannered in her silents, although that worked perfectly for her in SUNSET BOULEVARD. I thought the pairing of her and Warner simply didn't work, primarily because of the age difference - she's 24 and he's 47 years old in 1923. Lucille La Verne steals the scene whenever she appears - there's even a bit of upstaging Swanson at one point. Warner had an impressive career, appearing in a slew of major films - KING OF KINGS, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, LOST HORIZON, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), and of course SUNSET BOULEVARD.