Niobe (film)

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| name = Niobe

| image = Niobe scene 1916 newspaper.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Scene from the film.

| director = Hugh Ford
Edwin S. Porter

| producer = Daniel Frohman

| screenplay = Edward A. Paulton (play)
Harry Paulton (play)

| starring = Hazel Dawn
Charles S. Abbe
Maude Odell
Marie Leonard
Reginald Denny
Irene Haisman

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| studio = Famous Players Film Company

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1915|4|4}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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Niobe is a 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Edward A. Paulton and Harry Paulton based upon their play. The film stars Hazel Dawn, Charles S. Abbe, Maude Odell, Marie Leonard, Reginald Denny and Irene Haisman. The film was released April 4, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/104089/Niobe/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104534/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/104089/Niobe/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hal Erickson|title=Niobe - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2016|accessdate=21 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/562810/niobe|title=Niobe (1915) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=21 December 2014}}

Plot

This film is based on the Greek story of Niobe. Niobe was the daughter of Tautolus, and the wife of Amphion. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo, who cursed all of them. Niobe was then so overcome with grief, she turned into a stone statue, which gushed fountains of tears. The statue is then bought by Tompkins, an artist, who has it insured by the company of which Peter Amos Dunn is president, who takes the statue to his own home for security purposes. Electricians, wiring the house, leave live wires at the feet of the statue, and suddenly Niobe steps from her stone pedestal and confronts Dunn. He is at a loss to explain the presence of a goddess to his family. But he remembers that a governess, who sent her trunks to him, is expected in a day or two. Dunn decides to dress up Niobe as the governess and introducing her to his wife and daughters as the actual governess.{{cite web |title=Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1915)|url=https://archive.org/stream/movingpicturewor24newy/movingpicturewor24newy_djvu.txt |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=1915}} {{PD-notice}}

== Cast ==