Charles Bryant

Salomé (1922)

Summary

Charles Bryant Salomé (1922)

Let soldiers be sent!"
"Thou wert the friend of him who is dead. I tell thee there are not dead men enough!"
"Command thy soldiers that they bring me the thing thou hast promised me! The thing that is mine!"
"Thou wouldst have none of me, Jokanaan. Thou rejectedst me. Me, Salomé, Princess of Judea!"
"Thou wert the man that I loved alone among men. All other men were hateful to me. I saw thee, and I loved thee, Jokanaan—I love thee yet, I love only thee—"
"I have kissed thy mouth, Jokanaan——Love hath a bitter taste——But what matter?—What matter?—"
"KILL THAT WOMAN!"
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Charles Bryant Salomé (1922)

By my life, by my crown, by my gods! And I am not one of those who break their oaths."
"I will dance for you, Tetrarch."
"I will not have my daughter dance while that man is continually crying out. I will not have her dance!"
"Ah! Let them crush her with their shields!"
"I will give thee whatsoever thy soul desireth! What wouldst thou have? Speak!"
"I would that they presently bring me in a silver charger—"
"What is it thou wouldst have in a silver charger, O sweet and fair Salomé?"
"I ASK OF YOU THE HEAD OF JOKANAAN!"
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Charles Bryant Salomé (1922)

Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:
The principal director The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound) The cinematographer By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot The longest-living of these authors died in 1980, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 43 years or less.
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