The Eternal Sin

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Eternal Sin | image = The Eternal Sin - motionpicturenews - jan131917.jpg | caption = Scene from the film | director = Herbert Brenon | producer = Herbert Brenon Film Corp. | writer = George Edwards Hall<br>Herbert Brenon | based_on = novel, ''Lucretia Borgia'', by Victor Hugo | starring = Florence Reed | cinematography = J. Roy Hunt<br>David Calcagni | editing = James C. McKay | distributor = Lewis J. Selznick<br>Selznick Pictures | released = {{Film date|1917|03|17}} | runtime = 6 reels | country = USA | language = Silent..English intertitles }} '''''The Eternal Sin''''' is a lost<ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Eternal Sin |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5025/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321100506/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5025/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Florence Reed. Brenon produced and Lewis J. Selznick handled the distribution.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/EternalSin1917.html ''The Eternal Sin'' at silentera.com]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Eternal Sin |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16903-THE-ETERNALSIN |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

==Plot== {{No plot|date=May 2024}}

==Cast== *Florence Reed - Lucretia Borgia *William E. Shay - The Duke of Ferrara *Stephen Grattan - Her Brother *Richard Barthelmess - Gennaro *Alexander Shannon - Rustighello *A. G. Parker - Maffio *M. J. Briggs - Astolpo *Edward Thorne - Jeppo *Elmer Patterson - Liveretto *Anthony Merlo - Petrucci *Henry Armetta - The Jester *William Welsh - Gubetta *Juliet Brenon - Blanca *Jane Fearnley - Princess Negroni *Henrietta Gilbert - Flametta

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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007900/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The Eternal Sin at IMDb.com]

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