The Caillaux Case

The Caillaux Case (1918)

Based on an international scandal that hit prewar France, when the editor of the Paris daily LE FIGARO, Gaston Calmette was shot to death by Madame Caillaux, wife of the Minister of Finance for his exposè of her husband's traitorous activities on behalf of Germany.

Erscheinungsdatum
1918-09-15
Laufzeit
1 Std. 10 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
Richard Stanton

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

The Caillaux Case is a 1918 American silent drama film directed Richard Stanton, and starring Madlaine Traverse from a screenplay by Adrian Johnson. The film was based on the real story of Bolo Pasha, a German agent who was executed only months before the release of the film. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.

Production

The mob scene in the courtroom was reported by Moving Picture World to be wildly out of control, leading to destruction of the set and battering Madlaine Traverse, all while being filmed. In addition to Traverse, a man and a woman were knocked unconscious, and another man had his head gashed. The violence was attributed to French extras, who had "pronounced opinions on the Caillaux affair."

Almost every scene in The Caillaux Case was completed by April of 1918, but release was delayed to allow the "publication of recent disclosures" by Bolo Pasha to the French government. The last scene to be filmed was Bolo Pasha's execution, which was shot at the Fox Studios in Fort Lee, immediately after news of his death.

This was Madlaine Traverse's final film before forming her own film company.

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