Salome

Drama, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director J. Gordon Edwards

Status Released

Release Date 1918-08-10

Storyline

Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. (Film presumed lost.)