The Seven Swans | |
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Directed by | J. Searle Dawley |
Written by | J. Searle Dawley |
Based on | The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Marguerite Clark Richard Barthelmess |
Cinematography | H. Lyman Broening |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Country | USA |
Language | Silent film..(English intertitles) |
The Seven Swans is a lost[1] 1917 silent film fantasy starring Marguerite Clark. Famous Players Film Company produced and J. Searle Dawley directed.[2]
Loosely based on The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen, Clark stars as Princess Tweedledee who later falls in love with Prince Charming. An evil witch, yearning to take over a kingdom, turns the Princess's brothers into swans. Moon Fairies vow to turn her brothers back to humans if she knits them seven robes and not speak to another human for a specified amount of time.