The Clemenceau Case

The Clemenceau Case is a 1915 American silent drama film written and directed by Herbert Brenon and costarring Theda Bara and William H. Shay. The film is based on the French novel L'affaire Clémenceau, by Alexandre Dumas, fils, and is now considered to be lost.

Cast

Theda Bara as Iza
William E. Shay as Pierre Clemenceau
Mrs. Allen Walker as Marie Clemenceau
Stuart Holmes as Constantin Ritz
Jane Lee as Janet
Saba Raleigh as Countess Dobronowska
Frank Goldsmith as Duke Sergius
Sidney Shields as Madame Ritz

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Clemenceau Case was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors for the 1918 reissue of the film cut, in Reel 4, two scenes in Iza's bedroom between her and Constantin beginning with her locking the door, Reel 5, scene on couch between Iza and her husband in which gown falls from her shoulder, and the stabbing.