Salomé is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova,[1] who also stars.

[2] The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting, minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development.

At some point after this coup, Jokanaan arrived from the desert speaking of the upcoming birth of Christ, as well as the infidelity of The Tetrarch's wife, Herodias.

We then discuss Salomé, daughter of Herodias, who is described as "... An uncontaminated blossom in a wilderness of evil", but despite this, is known as a girl who is unafraid to kill and does it as a form of affection.

After this context, we are brought to Herod's palace, where the Tetrarch displays his intense obsession with his stepdaughter and niece Salomé, angering Herodias.

The film was shot completely in black and white, matching the illustrations done by Aubrey Beardsley in the printed edition of Wilde's play.

[4] The costumes, designed by Natacha Rambova, used material only from Maison Lewis of Paris, such as the real silver lamé loincloths worn by the guards.

According to Vito Russo's The Celluloid Closet, some scenes in which homosexuality was exposed more explicitly were cut out, including one showing the relationship between two Syrian soldiers.

Calling Wilde’s original story “a hot-house orchid of decadent passion,” the review was skeptical of the film adaptation: "We are not sure whether we like Madame Nazimova’s idea of Salome as a petulant little princess with a Freudian complex and a headdress of glass bubbles.

[9][10] In 2006, Salomé became available on DVD as a double feature with the avant garde film Lot in Sodom (1933) by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber.