''Samson'' is a 1915 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, Maude Gilbert and Edgar L. Davenport. It is an adaptation of

Henri Bernstein Henri-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein (20 June 1876 – 27 November 1953) was a French playwright associated with Boulevard theatre. Biography Bernstein was born in Paris. His earliest plays, including ''La Rafale'' (1905), ''Le Voleur'' (1907) ...

's play ''

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''. Farnum later appeared in a second adaptation '' Shackles of Gold'', although the setting was switched from France to America.Goble p.38

Cast

as Maurice Brachard * Maude Gilbert as Marie D'Andolin * Edgar L. Davenport as Marquis D'Amdprom * Agnes Everett as Marquise D'Andolin * Harry Spingler as Max D'Andolin * Charles Guthrie as Jerome Govaine * Carey Lee as Elise Vernette * George De Carlton as M. Deveraux * Elmer Peterson as M. Fontenay * Edward Kyle as Baron Hatzfeldt

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. '' The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1915 films 1915 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Edgar Lewis American films based on plays American black-and-white films Fox Film films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub