The Count of Monte Cristo (1912 film)

The Count of Monte Cristo
(aka:Monte Cristo)
Directed byColin Campbell
Written byColin Campbell
Based onnovel Le comte de Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Produced byWilliam Nicholas Selig
StarringHobart Bosworth
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • October 14, 1912 (1912-10-14)
Running time
3 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

The Count of Monte Cristo is a lost 1912 unauthorised silent film short directed by Colin Campbell and starring Hobart Bosworth. The film is a remake of the same story Selig had filmed in 1908. When this film was made Adolph Zukor had secured the rights to the 1844 novel and was about to release his 1913 version with James O'Neill who had made the role famous on stage. Zukor's attorneys ordered this film destroyed and all prints were withdrawn.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ The Count of Monte Cristo at silentera.com
  2. ^ Pictorial History of the Silent Screen c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0399506675
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