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The Shepherd King
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / [?} 8295 or 8500? feet
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Violet Mersereau [Princess Michal], Edy Darclea [Princess Herab], Nero Bernardi [David], Virginia Lucchetti [Adora, David’s adopted sister], Guido Trento [Saul], Ferrucio Biancini [Jonathan], Alessandro Salvini [Doeg], Mariano Bottino [Adriel], Samuel Balestra [Goliath], Adriano Bocanera [Samuel], Enzo Di Felice [Ozem], Eduardo Balsamo [Abimelech], Amerigo Di Giorgia [Omah], Gordon McEdward [Egyptian prisoner], Ernesto Tranquili [Jesse, David’s father], Isabella De Leaso [his wife]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Virginia Tracy, from the play The Shepherd King by Wright Lorimer and Arnold Reeves. Cinematography by Bennie Miggins. / © 10 December 1923 by Fox Film Corporation [LP19868]. Released 25 November 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Jerusalem.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.