As a passionate admirer of Alla Nazimova’s nephew Val Lewton since my teens (I’m 63) I’ve read about her many times, but until now had only seen her in stills. Thank you for a fascinating gift!
This film shows John the Baptist is as obsessed with Salome as she is with him. Locked together in a Dance of Death. I haven't seen this in a long time. Thanks for the good quality video!
Pretty outrageous stuff for the times. I wonder what people thought when they first saw this over 100 years ago...some of her looks would make a comeback in the punk/new wave era of the 80's.
you're right of course ... but the fashionistas of the Roaring `20s were quite punkish and outrageous in most of their styles back in the day ... just check out other movies and photos of the era and you'll surely agree with me ... some skirts were almost mini-jupe in some instances ... 🙂 if you watch Fritz Lang's masterpiece, Metropolis, made in the same era only a few years later, you'd see similar traits, and some full nude performances ... there were actual sexual intercourse scenes in some Hollywood movies of the pre-code era too! Hedy Lamarr acted in one such 'naughty' scene for example ...
Like @GrantTarradeus, I came to this via my admiration for Val Lewton, Nazimova's nephew (he grew up in her house from the age of 5, his father having squandered the family's wealth gambling). But I also adore Richard Strauss, Oscar Wilde, the Decadent movement, and Salome's legacy as an inspiration to the early modernists. Wow. Now I must add Alla Nazimova to the pantheon. She was the catalyst for this amazing production. Her capitalization on the story's inherent critique of the male gaze in cinema is nothing short of astonishing. Thank you for sharing it!
Capolavoro,con gli abiti e scenografie disegnate da A.Breadsley,amico di Wilde e grande illustratore. E si riconosce il suo tocco,la modernità e la bellezza. Grandi musiche di Richard Strauss. 👏❤️
PROBABLY THE EPITOME OF AN EARLY MASTERWORK OF THE XX CENTURY DIFFICULT TO LABEL WITH SUCH FORMIDABLE ASSEMBLAGE OF TALENT FROM DIFFERENT FINE ARTS: THE OSCAR WILDE POEM, THE STRAUSS MUSIC, THE CINEMATOGRAPHY, THE ACTING AND DANCING OF THE TROUPE, THE STAGING, THE COSTUMES, ETC. ETC. …. AND THE MAGIC OF YOU TUBE. THANK YOU GILDA FOR SUCH A MARVELOUS GIFT.
I find it difficult to read all capital letters when it should be properly written. Pathologists refer to this as early dialectic confusion. It is like impaired vision but on a pathological level. Was this comment complementary? … it seemed like a major piece of film. Anybody agree?
@@robkunkel8833I had never heard of your condition but a quick search revealed to me that it does indeed exist. I used an app called Case Converter for Android to quickly convert the complimentary comment for you: "Probably the epitome of an early masterwork of the XX century difficult to label with such formidable assemblage of talent from different fine arts: the Oscar Wilde poem, the Strauss music, the cinematography, the acting and dancing of the troupe, the staging, the costumes, etc. etc. and the magic of TH-cam. Thank you, Gilda, for such a marvelous gift." Please note that this video consists only of selected scenes. There are several complete versions of the film on TH-cam with different music. For the sake of comparison, I have also uploaded select scenes from "Salomé" (1969), a French film starring prima ballerina and actress, Ludmilla Tchérina.
Everybody criticizing Nazimova's dancing, maybe you'd like Ludmilla Tcherina's dancing better: th-cam.com/video/l0K8OmU0ZIA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0EnjQQNrdlg8qdog The full-length Salomé (1969) is here: th-cam.com/video/Pd_61QMZrEM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Xjy9BIfDPM2xLo1O Ludmilla Tcherina was 45 years old when she portrayed Salomé, a year older than Nazimova. Tcherina could both act and dance. I remenber seeing this film as a child on PBS and never forgot it.
@@lesleyearltempletonSo glad you enjoyed it. I have uploaded the complete dance and other scenes featuring the beautiful and talented Ludmilla Tchérina here: th-cam.com/video/HDJiXxM2UvY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9Z19imJa3dh4PwYX
Did you know that she pattern the outfits and set from the influence of AUBREY BEARDSLEY? She always fascinated me. I just adore the silent films of yesterday.
Magnificent! It must have been scandalous back in the day. They could only get away with it, if it was a biblical narrative. Beautifully edited! Thank you!
A marvelous piece of film preservation snd a superb example of a classic silent art piece but I must say one of the least sexy Dance of the Seven Vails I’ve ever seen ! Sorry but nothing to give up much of anything for ! But the set designs are great !
Some people have been criticizing Nazimova's dance as stiff, corny, boring, ungraceful, etc. I think she danced pretty well for not being a dancer by profession. Not all dancers can act or direct as well as Alla Nazimova did. We can't have everything. Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography was also considered modern and anti-balletic. They were breaking new ground back then. Which dancer or actress of that time would you have cast in the part of Salomé? Martha Graham, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Vilma Banky, Louise Brooks? Do you think they would have acted as well as Nazimova? She was one of the most brilliant theater actresses of her era. Artists weren't allowed to act or dance in an overtly sensual manner in the early 1920s. The Hays Office was first established in 1922. Perhaps that's why the story of Salomé wasn't filmed more often. The only other silent film about Salomé based on Oscar Wilde's play that I could find was "A Modern Salome" (1920) starring Hope Hampton. Unfortunately, it is a lost film.
She’s fantastic actress and the entire production is impressive . But her dance abilities were very limited. Worst bourees ever but it’s amazing for the time and very enjoyable.
I was just thinking that even I could improvise a dance of this quality, and I can't dance to save my life. 😂 And Herod's overreaction when she hasn't even started moving yet is just hysterical. It's an interesting artifact of early film, for sure!
If I'm reading this correctly, and going by the film cues, during Salome's dance at first, she's getting some people hot and bothered. One of them seeming to be another woman, and a guy who gets weirdly touchy with another guy. That's kind of surprising, if the not too subtle implications are what I'm seeing here. There's a lot to take in here, it's wonderful you've given us the chance to see this today. What a joy it must be to make art like this that lives on so strongly.
@@Gruesome420 So glad you enjoyed it. Nazimova was bisexual and openly conducted relationships with women while being married to a man. “Salomé” is considered the first mainstream art movie and has long been rumored to have an all-queer cast. The script was written by the famous gay author, Oscar Wilde. Tony Bravo of the SF Chronicle called it "a queer fever dream."
The 1960s were inspired by the 1920s, fashion and culture. The historical pendulum swings between Apollo and Dionysis, classic and roccocco, conservation and experimentation. Humans are a lot of fun!
When The Huntington Hartford Museum at 2 Columbus Circle (now something else) inaugurated it's film program in the late 1960s, the first film shown was Salome starring Nazimova. The guest for the day was Oscar Wilde's (now elderly) youngest son! His name was now Vyvyan Holland and he was the author of cook books.
Thanks for confirming Strauss is in there somewhere. It's changed enough that I really wasn't sure. Thought the score might just be making occasional allusions to the opera.
@@dontaylor7315As stated in the video description, two versions of The Dance of the Seven Veils by Richard Strauss are played in their entirety with oboe and flute solo excerpts in the middle. There is no other music in the soundtrack aside from Strauss.
This is a jewel. The fact that my older grandfather was 3 years old when this movie was made... well, is just unbelievable and moving. My other three grandparents they didn't even exist then. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing.
Well that was quite something. Very interesting. The dancing and the veils were rather notably by their absence. But it was pretty amusing none the less.
She looks like a 6 year old pretending to dance. And then all the others reacting like what she was doing was all that sexy. Kissing the head under the robe, however, was pretty kinky.
New Subscriber! You caught me Gilda with this haunting film. Having been a ballet dancer I heard about the "Seven Veils" numerous times but it evaded me. Now nearly 75, it unleashed its magic thanks to you! I'm ever so grateful with love..💌
@@michaelmiller2397 This video was uploaded a month ago. The complete film and excerpts have been available on TH-cam for years. No disrespect is intended towards the cousin of Jesus. Happy Saint John the Baptist Day!
Maravilhoso assistir a essa película restaurada do Cinema mudo de 1923. Salomé, ato II, uma obra-prima de R. Strauss e grande elenco de atores. Parabéns ao canal.
Thank you for your insightful comments. Art Deco everywhere And the scenes being shown. Nazimova, and Isadora Duncan championed modern dance a century ago. It may look a bit clunky to us now but it was true heartfelt emotion back then.
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. The version shown here was restored by The Library of Congress and Lobster Films from a nitrate print preserved by Film Preservation Associates Inc. As you can see by comparison in the following review video, they cleaned up the print very nicely: th-cam.com/video/25yrlaqVa20/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6rSHGHFJ_5Fsu7b1 I added the music by Richard Strauss for TH-cam.
Thank you for sharing. Excellent production. I just recently read Oscar Wilde's Salome. It is engrossing, so unlike his other plays. Please read it. You will appreciate his insights.
Salome's his step-niece. Yeah, he's getting just a bit too carried away here. This version is interesting, but you have to see The Dance of the Seven Veils in a great performance of Strauss' actual opera with a real professional ballet dancer. This performance is quite lackluster - for me anyway.
Прекрасная игра артистов 😂😂😂 Но это всё равно очень трогательно и наивно 😢😢😢 Браво людям подарившим Нам в 21 веке такие прекрасные фильмы об искусстве 19- 20 веков - ведь эти артисты жили в парадигме 19 века .❤❤❤
Having watched "Thor: Love and Thunder" 2022 last night, and this treasure "Salome, Nazimova" 1922 this afternoon, I am taken by how far our storytelling has come in a century ... not a jot.
I saw this when I was verry young and it staid with me the way Telly Tubbies does with toddlers today. She seemed to glow and all the odd characters where small like me .(At the time) Until YT I would never have had any idear what it was ,it was just, almost an image.
If I recall my reading of the play correctly, Salome is killed not not spears but by being crushed by the shields of her fathers guards. Herod looks appropriately drunk in much of this production
You are correct about the shields. Death by spears was more visually elegant. "Nazimova and Rambova set out to elevate the movies by creating a Gesamtkunstwerk, a 'total work of art,' uniting design, staging, and gesture to achieve a kind of silent ballet... It was left to the visuals and acting to convey the story..." -- Catherine A. Surowiec silentfilm.org/salome/
Образы столетней давности нисколько не потеряли актуальности и выразительности, Саломея - крошечная принцесса- с бубенчиками в волосах - режиссёр просто гений! А Ирод?! Ещё чуть-чуть и у него слюнки побегут от вожделения!
My uncle was a year old, dad was born in ‘27 the year of talkies and mom wouldn’t be born until ‘31. My paternal grandfather was 22 my maternal grandmother was 18 and my maternal grandfather was 22 hen this film was made.
According to several sources, the Hays Code was not applied to any films until 1934. Hays and his associates did start getting together in 1922 but they did not complete their rules and get cooperation for enforcement until 1934. If anyone restricted dance movements in this movie, it wasn't due to Hays.
You are correct, but my point was that the Hays Code was created at this time due to the prevailing moral climate of that era. The play was banned in Britain. Approval was withheld because of a rule prohibiting the depiction of biblical characters on stage. The ban on public performance of Salome in England was not lifted until 1931. In my opinion, even the famous dance of Robot Maria in Metropolis (1927) was quite restrained even though Germany was not as prudish in the 1920s as America. I think just common decency stopped film actresses from twerking and writhing around the way we're used to seeing today. Can you give me an example of a truly sexy dance performance in a silent film by today's standards?
I just thought of a silent film with a beautiful, sensual dance -- Anna May Wong in Piccadilly (1929), but there was little to no chance she would be cast in the title role of a film about Salome. There were lots of restrictions back then.
@@GildaTabarez The movies and the morals of the 1920's in the United States were not yet ruled by the Hays Code of 1934. Movie moguls were busy producing movies that made lots of money and they weren't really interested in killing their cash cows. The era of the 1920's was often called the "Roaring 20's" and featured shorter skirts and rouged knees for the ladies and the wild dances of the Charleston and the Black Bottom. Here are some entertainments of the 10's and 20's that I believe contain dances/movements that weren't stiff or jerky: * Afternoon of a Fawn performed by the great Nijinski (movie short of the ballet) * The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse silent with a tango performed by Valentino. * The Sheik with dance movements by Valentino (American women went wild for anything Rudy did) * Broadway theatre dance pieces performed by the Ziegfeld Girls * Vaudeville and burlesque performers such as Sally Rand and her Fan Dance
@@marthawelch4289 Well, there would be no silent film about Oscar Wilde's Salomé without Nazimova. Is there a Ziegfeld girl or a fan dancer who could act as well as she did? Even if there were, no one else was going to make such a film. She deserves some credit for making one of the first art films, which is a lot different from vaudeville, burlesque or popular dances of the time. Males didn't dance in a suggestive manner until Elvis Presley, except for Nijinsky as the Faun, but it caused a huge scandal.
There is a remastered DVD version or the high-definition Blu-ray Disc version from Kino International. However, the Richard Stauss soundtrack I added myself for TH-cam. The various editions are reviewed here: silentera.com/video/hardLuckHV.html
@@dadautubeI'm sorry I sent you a link for the Buster Keaton dvd/Blu-ray by mistake! There is no Blu-ray for Nazimova's Salomé, but one may be in the works: www.blu-ray.com/movies/Salome-Blu-ray/354799/ The version shown here was restored by The Library of Congress and Lobster Films from a nitrate print preserved by Film Preservation Associates Inc. As you can see by comparison in the following review video, they cleaned up the print very nicely: th-cam.com/video/25yrlaqVa20/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6rSHGHFJ_5Fsu7b1
@@GildaTabarez thanks for the kind reply ... yes, you sent the wrong link ... but i did search around and found the movie's full version on at least four different TH-cam channels ... some have different musics ... one was fully silent ... and one does have some interesting music that doesn't sound bad ... (see below please ...) only one of them happens to have a slightly better image quality than the rest ... i also found another not-too-bad copy on a Russian website, with a nice music on the footage, probably created originally for this movie but in later (more recent) times ... the problem with many of the ancient movies is that their original negatives are either totally lost, or worse, they are in an unusable condition ... (some producers either discarded everything to do with those movies that didn't sell well, or simply extracted the silver from them to sell the material in the market even if the movie did sell well in the first place but declined in attracting more viewers later ...) 😞 so, what's left of many of those great movies are some badly damaged often broken in parts positive copies attheir best ... it is possible however, to retrieve some usable images out of those bad copies ... but in the end, it never matches the original, unfortunately! and the lost footage are never to be found anyways ... ironically, Nazimova herself regretted acting and/or making ALL of her movies and wished she could burn "every inch" of them! could she have been the one responsible for the missing footage of some of his works? (she produced and co-directed Salome` for example ...)
Salome had nothing to do with wanting the head of John the Baptist... it was her mother, Herodias who wanted John killed (he'd been insulting and vilifying her in public). At the feast Salome's dancing so enthralled Herod ("I'd probably be dating her if she weren't my daughter!) he then granted her any request. Herodias prompted her to ask her for John's head who was then beheaded. Herod knew this would cause trouble but, whaddaya gonna do, a vow's a vow, eh?
@@JiveDadson"Fin de Siècle is a French phrase meaning 'end of century' and is applied specifically as a historical term to the end of the nineteenth century and even more specifically to decade of 1890s. Fin de Siècle is an umbrella term embracing symbolism, decadence and all related phenomena (e.g. art nouveau) which reached a peak in 1890s. Although almost synonymous with other terms such as the Eighteen- Nineties, the Mauve Decade, the Yellow Decade and the Naughty Nineties, the fin de siècle however expresses an apocalyptic sense of the end of a phase of civilisation. The real end of this era came not in 1900 but with First World War 1914." -- Tate www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/fin-de-siecle#:~:text=Fin%20de%20Si%C3%A8cle%20is%20a,specifically%20to%20decade%20of%201890s
@davidmayhew8083 joking about what though? That's what I'm asking about..I don't understand and I was hoping you'd explain. It's not your fault I'm an idiot.
This is what Wagner meant when he called opera "total art", wiith a combination of drama, music and art, but this adds cinema, too, and I like it much better than anything Wagner ever did.
I've often found it curious in popular culture, theater, myth/storytelling etc why Salome is often vilifyed and portrayed as a cunning seductress who was responsible fir the death of John the Baptist when in actuality the real villain was Herod's wife, she wanted him dead. Beardsley took the biblical account, rearranged parts and totally made up others and there we get the more "theatrical" version. It's interesting to note in the biblical account she is not named, it's Josephus who gives us her name.
The story is based on Oscar Wilde's one-act play Salomé. The costumes and sets were inspired by Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations for this play. Oscar Wilde was inspired by Flaubert's story Hérodias and by poetry and paintings about Salome. The theme of the play is unfulfilled desire and sexual perversion, probably because sex sells. Most films based on historical events are embellished for dramatic effect or to fill in unknown details. In the bible, we don't know Salome's name. In the biblical story of Delilah little more than her name is known about her either. In the film, Samson and Delilah (1949) Delilah played by Hedy Lamarr falls in love with Samson and feels remorse for betraying him. In the biblical text it's not indicated that the two even had a sexual relationship, only that Samson loved Delilah. Oscar Wilde's Salomé was banned in the UK because of a rule prohibiting the depiction of biblical characters on stage. It was not performed publicly in Britain until 1931. Source: Wikipedia
As a passionate admirer of Alla Nazimova’s nephew Val Lewton since my teens (I’m 63) I’ve read about her many times, but until now had only seen her in stills. Thank you for a fascinating gift!
Thank you so much!
This film shows John the Baptist is as obsessed with Salome as she is with him. Locked together in a Dance of Death. I haven't seen this in a long time. Thanks for the good quality video!
There is a kind of passionate love that supersedes everything reasonable.
@@sheebafan13 It's not love - it's unbridled eroticism.
Marvellous to see this so well preserved - a cultural gem
昔，ヌレエフ主演の映画「バレンチノ」にアラ・ナジモワとその恋人の女性も描かれていて，この動画のヘアスタイルにしたナジモワ役の女優がルドルフ・バレンチノの葬儀にすごい衣装でやってきて棺に泣き伏すというポーズで新聞の一面を飾るという写真が激写されていました。
なかなか芸術的な作品でじっと見入ってしまいます。
衣装や構図が凝っていて楽しいです。
Pretty outrageous stuff for the times. I wonder what people thought when they first saw this over 100 years ago...some of her looks would make a comeback in the punk/new wave era of the 80's.
Yes it did the black eyeliner, fuzzy bleached hair dark lips
Nothing new I suppose.
It bombed. Now it's a cult film
Interesting set and costumes. I won't watch it a second time.
right?! isn't that Debbie Harry? ;)
Pensei exatamentew a mesma coisa! Um escandalo para a época.
you're right of course ... but the fashionistas of the Roaring `20s were quite punkish and outrageous in most of their styles back in the day ... just check out other movies and photos of the era and you'll surely agree with me ... some skirts were almost mini-jupe in some instances ... 🙂 if you watch Fritz Lang's masterpiece, Metropolis, made in the same era only a few years later, you'd see similar traits, and some full nude performances ... there were actual sexual intercourse scenes in some Hollywood movies of the pre-code era too! Hedy Lamarr acted in one such 'naughty' scene for example ...
Like @GrantTarradeus, I came to this via my admiration for Val Lewton, Nazimova's nephew (he grew up in her house from the age of 5, his father having squandered the family's wealth gambling). But I also adore Richard Strauss, Oscar Wilde, the Decadent movement, and Salome's legacy as an inspiration to the early modernists. Wow. Now I must add Alla Nazimova to the pantheon. She was the catalyst for this amazing production. Her capitalization on the story's inherent critique of the male gaze in cinema is nothing short of astonishing. Thank you for sharing it!
Thank you for your very interesting comment! I'm glad that you appreciate Nazimova's contribution to the art of cinema.
Capolavoro,con gli abiti e scenografie disegnate da A.Breadsley,amico di Wilde e grande illustratore.
E si riconosce il suo tocco,la modernità e la bellezza.
Grandi musiche di Richard Strauss. 👏❤️
PROBABLY THE EPITOME OF AN EARLY MASTERWORK OF THE XX CENTURY DIFFICULT TO LABEL WITH SUCH FORMIDABLE ASSEMBLAGE OF TALENT FROM DIFFERENT FINE ARTS: THE OSCAR WILDE POEM, THE STRAUSS MUSIC, THE CINEMATOGRAPHY, THE ACTING AND DANCING OF THE TROUPE, THE STAGING, THE COSTUMES, ETC. ETC. …. AND THE MAGIC OF YOU TUBE. THANK YOU GILDA FOR SUCH A MARVELOUS GIFT.
Thank you so much! I'm very happy you enjoyed it.
Why are you screaming???
@@philipb2134 they're so wicked smaaaaaaht!
I find it difficult to read all capital letters when it should be properly written. Pathologists refer to this as early dialectic confusion. It is like impaired vision but on a pathological level.
Was this comment complementary? … it seemed like a major piece of film. Anybody agree?
@@robkunkel8833I had never heard of your condition but a quick search revealed to me that it does indeed exist. I used an app called Case Converter for Android to quickly convert the complimentary comment for you:
"Probably the epitome of an early masterwork of the XX century difficult to label with such formidable assemblage of talent from different fine arts: the Oscar Wilde poem, the Strauss music, the cinematography, the acting and dancing of the troupe, the staging, the costumes, etc. etc. and the magic of TH-cam. Thank you, Gilda, for such a marvelous gift."
Please note that this video consists only of selected scenes. There are several complete versions of the film on TH-cam with different music. For the sake of comparison, I have also uploaded select scenes from "Salomé" (1969),
a French film starring prima ballerina and actress, Ludmilla Tchérina.
Wow ! Fantastic ! Poses must have influenced all those 1930s bronzes and figurines you see. Always loved Aubrey Beardsley drawings ❤
Thank you for allowing me to see what people wouĺd have seen 100 years ago!
Everybody criticizing Nazimova's dancing, maybe you'd like Ludmilla Tcherina's dancing better:
th-cam.com/video/l0K8OmU0ZIA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0EnjQQNrdlg8qdog
The full-length Salomé (1969) is here:
th-cam.com/video/Pd_61QMZrEM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Xjy9BIfDPM2xLo1O
Ludmilla Tcherina was 45 years old when she portrayed Salomé, a year older than Nazimova. Tcherina could both act and dance. I remenber seeing this film as a child on PBS and never forgot it.
Oh my word - I just watched the clip you recommended- incredible incredible !
@@lesleyearltempletonSo glad you enjoyed it. I have uploaded the complete dance and other scenes featuring the beautiful and talented Ludmilla Tchérina here:
th-cam.com/video/HDJiXxM2UvY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9Z19imJa3dh4PwYX
Wow. The art imagery. Every shot is a treasure.
So evocative of Beardsley I kept taking screenshots.
Did you know that she pattern the outfits and set from the influence of AUBREY BEARDSLEY? She always fascinated me. I just adore the silent films of yesterday.
He,
Aubrey is a man, and the channel did know that it's literally in the opening credits
Magnificent! It must have been scandalous back in the day. They could only get away with it, if it was a biblical narrative. Beautifully edited! Thank you!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
My grandmother, who was born in 1919, told me that her relatives didn't go to silent movies in her day because they were so indecent.
A marvelous piece of film preservation snd a superb example of a classic silent art piece but I must say one of the least sexy Dance of the Seven Vails I’ve ever seen ! Sorry but nothing to give up much of anything for ! But the set designs are great !
Some people have been criticizing Nazimova's dance as stiff, corny, boring, ungraceful, etc. I think she danced pretty well for not being a dancer by profession.
Not all dancers can act or direct as well as Alla Nazimova did. We can't have everything. Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography was also considered modern and anti-balletic. They were breaking new ground back then.
Which dancer or actress of that time would you have cast in the part of Salomé? Martha Graham, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Vilma Banky, Louise Brooks? Do you think they would have acted as well as Nazimova? She was one of the most brilliant theater actresses of her era.
Artists weren't allowed to act or dance in an overtly sensual manner in the early 1920s. The Hays Office was first established in 1922.
Perhaps that's why the story of Salomé wasn't filmed more often. The only other silent film about Salomé based on Oscar Wilde's play that I could find was "A Modern Salome"
(1920) starring Hope Hampton. Unfortunately, it is a lost film.
She’s fantastic actress and the entire production is impressive . But her dance abilities were very limited. Worst bourees ever but it’s amazing for the time and very enjoyable.
I was just thinking that even I could improvise a dance of this quality, and I can't dance to save my life. 😂 And Herod's overreaction when she hasn't even started moving yet is just hysterical. It's an interesting artifact of early film, for sure!
@@fugithegreat Your saying you could dance better is an overreaction.
Maybe she expected Johan Strauss. Way more danceable.
If I'm reading this correctly, and going by the film cues, during Salome's dance at first, she's getting some people hot and bothered. One of them seeming to be another woman, and a guy who gets weirdly touchy with another guy. That's kind of surprising, if the not too subtle implications are what I'm seeing here. There's a lot to take in here, it's wonderful you've given us the chance to see this today. What a joy it must be to make art like this that lives on so strongly.
@@Gruesome420 So glad you enjoyed it. Nazimova was bisexual and openly conducted relationships with women while being married to a man. “Salomé” is considered the first mainstream art movie and has long been rumored to have an all-queer cast. The script was written by the famous gay author, Oscar Wilde. Tony Bravo of the SF Chronicle called it "a queer fever dream."
Considered it's 1922 this is pre hayes code/ heavy censorship era, movies with queer, violent or sexual subtexts and open themes were more common
Herod's wife looked like she stumbled in from a hippie enclave.
This production was way ahead of its time.
Her outfit is great! You really see the Aubrey Beardsley influence.
The 1960s were inspired by the 1920s, fashion and culture. The historical pendulum swings between Apollo and Dionysis, classic and roccocco, conservation and experimentation. Humans are a lot of fun!
She was quite a looker, @thurayya8905.
I was thinking the sand thing !
Her dancing was so avante garde. And that hair! A real trend setter!
Lordy! She was 43 when this was filmed!
She looks 12!
When The Huntington Hartford Museum at 2 Columbus Circle (now something else) inaugurated it's film program in the late 1960s, the first film shown was Salome starring Nazimova. The guest for the day was Oscar Wilde's (now elderly) youngest son! His name was now Vyvyan Holland and he was the author of cook books.
Yes, a classic! The music by Strauss, though augmented to fit the image, is ideal! Truly a beautiful presentation!
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for confirming Strauss is in there somewhere. It's changed enough that I really wasn't sure. Thought the score might just be making occasional allusions to the opera.
@@dontaylor7315As stated in the video description, two versions of The Dance of the Seven Veils by Richard Strauss are played in their entirety with oboe and flute solo excerpts in the middle. There is no other music in the soundtrack aside from Strauss.
@@GildaTabarez Thank you. Clearly I should have read the description.
Crazy! Love the guys in the band!
Fantastic. Fabulous acting, sets, filming. That titan Strauss's music is perfect. Wow.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a jewel. The fact that my older grandfather was 3 years old when this movie was made... well, is just unbelievable and moving. My other three grandparents they didn't even exist then. Wow.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Amazing piece of restoration of a silent film So clear and great set designs
Well that was quite something.
Very interesting. The dancing and the veils were rather notably by their absence.
But it was pretty amusing none the less.
She looks like a 6 year old pretending to dance. And then all the others reacting like what she was doing was all that sexy. Kissing the head under the robe, however, was pretty kinky.
New Subscriber! You caught me Gilda with this haunting film. Having been a ballet dancer I heard about the "Seven Veils" numerous times but it evaded me. Now nearly 75, it unleashed its magic thanks to you! I'm ever so grateful with love..💌
@@CrosbieLane Thank you for your very kind comment!
It's a pleasure and honor to hear from you. 💗
@@GildaTabarez Tis my honor having found you!🥰
Thrilled to see this again. ‘Hi it’s Me. I’m the Film Geek, it’s Me’.
One can only imagine what this was like live, the colors, and the sound.
I agree. Someone has to upscale and colorize this original bw film.
today is June 24...the Feast of John the Baptist...and they are featuring this. whoah.
@@michaelmiller2397 This video was uploaded a month ago. The complete film and excerpts have been available on TH-cam for years. No disrespect is intended towards the cousin of Jesus. Happy Saint John the Baptist Day!
Thank You so much for the upload. When Art meant a sublime detailed research moved by an utter Passion. With my all admiration and regards.
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
WOW--they nailed it 1922--and labor of love to synch a good clear strauss audio with it--thank you so much, gilda
First time I've seen this. Thanks for posting.
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!
Great to see this. Wonderfully atmospheric. Not too sure about the dancing though.
Maravilhoso assistir a essa película restaurada do Cinema mudo de 1923. Salomé, ato II, uma obra-prima de R. Strauss e grande elenco de atores. Parabéns ao canal.
Muito obrigado! Estou tão feliz que você tenha gostado.
It is wonderful ! so intense , expressive , great creativity ! Beautiful ❤❤❤
What a strange thing in such a time.
É de uma vanguarda difícil de se imaginar para a época. E para hoje, também! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you for your insightful comments. Art Deco everywhere And the scenes being shown. Nazimova, and Isadora Duncan championed modern dance a century ago.
It may look a bit clunky to us now but it was true heartfelt emotion back then.
That was mesmerizing,!! Thank you!
Thank you too! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
This stuff is brilliant! The acting is marvelous
What a revelation! I just wish the print was as clear as the music. Thank you for sharing, Gilda!
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. The version shown here was restored by The Library of Congress and Lobster Films from a nitrate print preserved by Film Preservation Associates Inc. As you can see by comparison in the following review video, they cleaned up the print very nicely:
th-cam.com/video/25yrlaqVa20/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6rSHGHFJ_5Fsu7b1
I added the music by Richard Strauss for TH-cam.
I read Wilde's play. Interesting seeing it in a live-action film.
Amazing! Beautiful, thank you so very much.
Thank you too! I'm delighted that you enjoyed it.
The last time she did the dance of the seven veils, six of her veils were in the laundry so it was a fast dance.
Thanx for unveiling the truth! 😄
😂😂
Thank you for sharing. Excellent production. I just recently read Oscar Wilde's Salome. It is engrossing, so unlike his other plays. Please read it. You will appreciate his insights.
The music of Strauss!
They could've had showers and shampoo and conditioner back then. Lol
What a gift it was to watch.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
An absolutely beautiful masterpiece ❤
Excellent, as always, Gilda.
Thank you so much, Linda!
Dad's a little too excited if you know what I mean.
Not a lot happens around there. Plus he does not get out much.
Yes, he is, I agree with you
He told his concubine that she reminded him of his daughter.
Salome's his step-niece. Yeah, he's getting just a bit too carried away here. This version is interesting, but you have to see The Dance of the Seven Veils in a great performance of Strauss' actual opera with a real professional ballet dancer. This performance is quite lackluster - for me anyway.
😅 He was one of Trump's ancient ancestors! @@gbeachy2010
Прекрасная игра артистов 😂😂😂 Но это всё равно очень трогательно и наивно 😢😢😢 Браво людям подарившим Нам в 21 веке такие прекрасные фильмы об искусстве 19- 20 веков - ведь эти артисты жили в парадигме 19 века .❤❤❤
Thank you!
Oooooooh. scarey!
But so fascinating. Thanks!
Count Floyd, what are you doing here? Awoooooo! 😄
Well, That was... interesting.
This is the movie Pee Wee was watching when arrested 😅
in 1922 those bare shoulders and form fitting costumes with short skirts were scandalous!
This was made preproduction code.
Having watched "Thor: Love and Thunder" 2022 last night, and this treasure "Salome, Nazimova" 1922 this afternoon, I am taken by how far our storytelling has come in a century ... not a jot.
I saw this when I was verry young and it staid with me the way Telly Tubbies does with toddlers today. She seemed to glow and all the odd characters where small like me .(At the time)
Until YT I would never have had any idear what it was ,it was just, almost an image.
Fascinante representación! Gracias...
Gracias por comentar.
Beautiful. ❤
If I recall my reading of the play correctly, Salome is killed not not spears but by being crushed by the shields of her fathers guards. Herod looks appropriately drunk in much of this production
You are correct about the shields. Death by spears was more visually elegant.
"Nazimova and Rambova set out to elevate the movies by creating a Gesamtkunstwerk, a 'total work of art,' uniting design, staging, and gesture to achieve a kind of silent ballet... It was left to the visuals and acting to convey the story..." -- Catherine A. Surowiec
silentfilm.org/salome/
Образы столетней давности нисколько не потеряли актуальности и выразительности, Саломея - крошечная принцесса- с бубенчиками в волосах - режиссёр просто гений! А Ирод?! Ещё чуть-чуть и у него слюнки побегут от вожделения!
This is precious! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.
This is the strangest thing.
Amazing, luminous performance.
Thanks for sharing
what stupid comments from people who haven't watched this
Of course. This is the TH-cam comment section.
My uncle was a year old, dad was born in ‘27 the year of talkies and mom wouldn’t be born until ‘31. My paternal grandfather was 22 my maternal grandmother was 18 and my maternal grandfather was 22 hen this film was made.
Depiction of a 🎬 scene that is not so easy to portray!
This is so interesting, thank you
Bravo 🎉
According to several sources, the Hays Code was not applied to any films until 1934. Hays and his associates did start getting together in 1922 but they did not complete their rules and get cooperation for enforcement until 1934.
If anyone restricted dance movements in this movie, it wasn't due to Hays.
You are correct, but my point was that the Hays Code was created at this time due to the prevailing moral climate of that era. The play was banned in Britain. Approval was withheld because of a rule prohibiting the depiction of biblical characters on stage. The ban on public performance of Salome in England was not lifted until 1931.
In my opinion, even the famous dance of Robot Maria in Metropolis (1927) was quite restrained even though Germany was not as prudish in the 1920s as America. I think just common decency stopped film actresses from twerking and writhing around the way we're used to seeing today.
Can you give me an example of a truly sexy dance performance in a silent film by today's standards?
I just thought of a silent film with a beautiful, sensual dance -- Anna May Wong in Piccadilly (1929), but there was little to no chance she would be cast in the title role of a film about Salome. There were lots of restrictions back then.
@@GildaTabarez The movies and the morals of the 1920's in the United States were not yet ruled by the Hays Code of 1934. Movie moguls were busy producing movies that made lots of money and they weren't really interested in killing their cash cows. The era of the 1920's was often called the "Roaring 20's" and featured shorter skirts and rouged knees for the ladies and the wild dances of the Charleston and the Black Bottom.
Here are some entertainments of the 10's and 20's that I believe contain dances/movements that weren't stiff or jerky:
* Afternoon of a Fawn performed by the great Nijinski (movie short of the ballet)
* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse silent with a tango performed by Valentino.
* The Sheik with dance movements by Valentino (American women went wild for anything Rudy did)
* Broadway theatre dance pieces performed by the Ziegfeld Girls
* Vaudeville and burlesque performers such as Sally Rand and her Fan Dance
@@marthawelch4289 Well, there would be no silent film about Oscar Wilde's Salomé without Nazimova. Is there a Ziegfeld girl or a fan dancer who could act as well as she did? Even if there were, no one else was going to make such a film.
She deserves some credit for making one of the first art films, which is a lot different from vaudeville, burlesque or popular dances of the time.
Males didn't dance in a suggestive manner until Elvis Presley, except for Nijinsky as the Faun, but it caused a huge scandal.
a little masterpiece of a great classical work : the set, the costumes, the music, performance, everything! pity the copy is so low quality ... 😞
There is a remastered DVD version or the high-definition Blu-ray Disc version from Kino International. However, the Richard Stauss soundtrack I added myself for TH-cam. The various editions are reviewed here:
silentera.com/video/hardLuckHV.html
@@GildaTabarez thank you for the clarifying reply ... will check the link ...
@@dadautubeI'm sorry I sent you a link for the Buster Keaton dvd/Blu-ray by mistake! There is no Blu-ray for Nazimova's Salomé, but one may be in the works:
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Salome-Blu-ray/354799/
The version shown here was restored by The Library of Congress and Lobster Films from a nitrate print preserved by Film Preservation Associates Inc. As you can see by comparison in the following review video, they cleaned up the print very nicely:
th-cam.com/video/25yrlaqVa20/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6rSHGHFJ_5Fsu7b1
@@GildaTabarez thanks for the kind reply ... yes, you sent the wrong link ... but i did search around and found the movie's full version on at least four different TH-cam channels ... some have different musics ... one was fully silent ... and one does have some interesting music that doesn't sound bad ... (see below please ...)
only one of them happens to have a slightly better image quality than the rest ... i also found another not-too-bad copy on a Russian website, with a nice music on the footage, probably created originally for this movie but in later (more recent) times ...
the problem with many of the ancient movies is that their original negatives are either totally lost, or worse, they are in an unusable condition ... (some producers either discarded everything to do with those movies that didn't sell well, or simply extracted the silver from them to sell the material in the market even if the movie did sell well in the first place but declined in attracting more viewers later ...) 😞
so, what's left of many of those great movies are some badly damaged often broken in parts positive copies attheir best ... it is possible however, to retrieve some usable images out of those bad copies ... but in the end, it never matches the original, unfortunately! and the lost footage are never to be found anyways ...
ironically, Nazimova herself regretted acting and/or making ALL of her movies and wished she could burn "every inch" of them! could she have been the one responsible for the missing footage of some of his works? (she produced and co-directed Salome` for example ...)
A great film footage!
Marvellous !
This is a hoot ! I keep hearing dialog in a burlesque "yiddish" accent and expecting the three stooges to pop up. Congrats to the preservationists.
Wow! Thank you!
Wonderful, lovely, true art! Great in every respect! ❤
Wonderful ! Amazing !
One hundred and two years old.
Now I see why she wanted the head of John the Baptist.
Salome had nothing to do with wanting the head of John the Baptist... it was her mother, Herodias who wanted John killed (he'd been insulting and vilifying her in public). At the feast Salome's dancing so enthralled Herod ("I'd probably be dating her if she weren't my daughter!) he then granted her any request. Herodias prompted her to ask her for John's head who was then beheaded. Herod knew this would cause trouble but, whaddaya gonna do, a vow's a vow, eh?
Time travelling is my favourite state of mind.
Possibly Frankie Howard’s earliest work. 😂
The midget musicians with the crazy hats are amazing
All young women go through this phase. Could this be any more fin de siecle?
End of what? Century?
@@JiveDadson"Fin de Siècle is a French phrase meaning 'end of century' and is applied specifically as a historical term to the end of the nineteenth century and even more specifically to decade of 1890s.
Fin de Siècle is an umbrella term embracing symbolism, decadence
and all related phenomena (e.g. art nouveau) which reached a peak in 1890s. Although almost synonymous with other terms such as the Eighteen-
Nineties, the Mauve Decade, the Yellow Decade and the Naughty Nineties, the fin de siècle however expresses an apocalyptic sense of the end of a phase of civilisation. The real end of this era came not in 1900 but with First World War 1914." -- Tate
www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/fin-de-siecle#:~:text=Fin%20de%20Si%C3%A8cle%20is%20a,specifically%20to%20decade%20of%201890s
Could you lend some insight please into the phase young women go through? I'm unsure of the context and fear I am poorly educated.
@@PrismaticTentacle I was joking. But it is fin de siecle, 1900ish.
@davidmayhew8083 joking about what though? That's what I'm asking about..I don't understand and I was hoping you'd explain. It's not your fault I'm an idiot.
All he had to do, is say the man’s head is hers, but not until his natural death.
She did not actually ask for his death!
@@shahannagrey8427 He was probably too drunk to think of that.
Thank you for this version with the Strauss music; I found the synthesizer soundtrack on another version rather annoying, it put me off watching.
@@art2liv4 Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
ありがとうございます。
Epic!
Herod played well. One could see the lust he felt
59 thumbs down? What's wrong with it I mean you?
I can't see the dislikes which is just as well since there are lots of trolls who have nothing positive to contribute.
@@GildaTabarez I imagine some trolls give false positives as well. Happy trolls!
@@paulj0557tonehead Happy trolls are always welcome.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREKLwEb/
A very early Fellini film.
This is what Wagner meant when he called opera "total art", wiith a combination of drama, music and art, but this adds cinema, too, and I like it much better than anything Wagner ever did.
This is just how I pictured it.
Interesting. Very different from the 1953 version starring Rita Hayworth.
Дивно је видети ове старе снимке као сведочанство времена.
I've often found it curious in popular culture, theater, myth/storytelling etc why Salome is often vilifyed and portrayed as a cunning seductress who was responsible fir the death of John the Baptist when in actuality the real villain was Herod's wife, she wanted him dead. Beardsley took the biblical account, rearranged parts and totally made up others and there we get the more "theatrical" version. It's interesting to note in the biblical account she is not named, it's Josephus who gives us her name.
The story is based on Oscar Wilde's one-act play Salomé. The costumes and sets were inspired by Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations for this play. Oscar Wilde was inspired by Flaubert's story
Hérodias and by poetry and paintings about Salome.
The theme of the play is unfulfilled desire and sexual perversion, probably because sex sells. Most films based on historical events are embellished for dramatic effect or to fill in unknown details. In the bible, we don't know Salome's name. In the biblical story of Delilah little more than her name is known about her either. In the film, Samson and Delilah (1949) Delilah played by Hedy Lamarr falls in love with Samson and feels remorse for betraying him. In the biblical text it's not indicated that the two even had a sexual relationship, only that Samson loved Delilah.
Oscar Wilde's Salomé was banned in the UK because of a rule prohibiting the depiction of biblical characters on stage. It was not performed publicly in Britain until 1931.
Source: Wikipedia
...silvery shadows on a screen accompanied by music and sentiments expressed by emotion filled face and body movements...
Thanks.