The Seven Swans

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The Seven Swans
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Directed byJ. Searle Dawley
Written byJ. Searle Dawley
Based onThe Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringMarguerite Clark
Richard Barthelmess
CinematographyH. Lyman Broening
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1917 (1917-12-31)
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent 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]

Plot

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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.

Cast

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  • Marguerite Clark - Princess Tweedledee
  • William E. Danforth - The King
  • Augusta Anderson - The Wicked Queen
  • Edwin Denison - The Lord High Chancellor
  • Daisy Belmore - The Witch
  • Richard Barthelmess - Prince Charming
  • Richard Allen - Princess Tweedeldee's Brother
  • Jere Austin - Tweedeldee's Brother
  • Joseph Sterling - Tweedeldee's Brother
  • Frederick Merrick - Tweedeldee's Brother
  • Lee F. Daly - Tweedeldee's Brother
  • Stanley King - Tweedeldee's Brother
  • Gordon Dana - Tweedeldee's Brother

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