The Private Life of Helen of Troy
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Alexander Korda
Director
Maria Corda
Helen
Lewis Stone
Menelaus
Ricardo Cortez
Paris
George Fawcett
Eteoneus
Alice White
Adraste
Film Details
Also Known As
Helen of Troy
Release Date
Jan
8,
1928
Premiere Information
New York opening: 9 Dec 1927
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine, Robert Emmet Sherwood (Indianapolis, 1925) The Road to Rome, a Play .
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 27m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
7,694ft
(8 reels)
Synopsis
"Queen Helen of Troy, piqued by her husband's lack of interest in her, elopes with Paris to Sparta. Menelaus, her husband, egged on by his henchman, starts a war with Paris, finally effecting the return of Helen. The time-honored custom demands that he have the pleasure of killing her, but her seductive loveliness restrains him. And so at the end of the story, we find Helen engaging in a new flirtation with the Prince of Ithaca." ( Moving Picture World, 17 Dec 1927, p23.)
Director
Alexander Korda
Director
Cast
Maria Corda
Helen
Lewis Stone
Menelaus
Ricardo Cortez
Paris
George Fawcett
Eteoneus
Alice White
Adraste
Gordon Elliott
Telemachus
Tom O'brien
Ulysses
Bert Sprotte
Achilles
Mario Carillo
Ajax
Charles Puffy
Malapokitoratoreadetos
George Kotsonaros
Hector
Constantine Romanoff
Aeneas
Emilio Borgato
Sarpedon
Alice Adair
Aphrodite
Helen Fairweather
Athena
Virginia Thomas
Hera
Gus Partos
Crew
Film Details
Also Known As
Helen of Troy
Release Date
Jan
8,
1928
Premiere Information
New York opening: 9 Dec 1927
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine, Robert Emmet Sherwood (Indianapolis, 1925) The Road to Rome, a Play .
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 27m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
7,694ft
(8 reels)
Award Nominations
Best Writing
1929
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
An alternate title of the film is Helen of Troy. Writer Gerald Duffy was awarded Honorable Mention for Title Writing from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on the film.
