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The Private Life of Helen of Troy

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Original title

Year

1927

Running time

87 min.

Country

United States

Director

Alexander Korda

Screenwriter

Gerald C. Duffy, Carey Wilson. Novel: John Erskine

Cast

Music

Carl Edouarde (Silent Movie)

Cinematography

Lee Garmes, Sidney Hickox (B&W)

Producer

First National Pictures

Genre

Comedy | Silent Film. Biography

Synopsis

The Private Life of Helen of Troy was a 1927 silent film about Helen of Troy based on a novel by John Erskine and adapted to screen by Gerald C. Duffy. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred Maria Corda as Helen, Lewis Stone as Menelaus, and Ricardo Cortez as Paris. Coming at the end of the silent film era, it received the honor of being nominated for an Academy Award in 1928, the year of the Awards' inception, in the category of Best Title Writing. However, Gerald Duffy died on 25 June 1928, and he has the distinction of being the first person to be posthumously nominated for an Academy Award.

Awards: 1927: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Writing, Title Writing (Gerald C. Duffy)

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The Private Life of Helen of Troy

1927

Alexander Korda