Salome Movie: Seductive Silent Film Goddesses Vamp to the Hilt
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Salome Movie: Seductive Silent Film Goddesses Vamp to the Hilt

ByBill LeFurgy

As the motion picture industry took off, Salomania stormed the silver screen—Salome movies shocked, scandalized, and mesmerized people around the globe. It is hard to overstate how influential the Salome story was in silent film. The British Film Institute lists 21 films containing “Salome” in the title for films made before 1930, but this is…

Salomania - Maud Allan
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Salomania: A Sensational History of Salome in Art, Dance, Film, and Opera

ByBill LeFurgy

Salomania was a performance phenomenon and cultural craze that swept through America and Europe during the early years of the 20th century. It sprang from a popular reinterpretation of the story of Salome, a figure alluded to in the New Testament who danced for a king and, as a reward, requested a head on a…