Alla Nazimova is credited with originally using the discreet term “sewing circle” as a euphemism for her weekly sapphic gatherings for women in the film industry. Nazimova produced and starred in this screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s one-act play Salomé, loosely based on the biblical story of King Herod’s execution of John the Baptist. Though not credited onscreen, Nazimova also co-directed the film and wrote the screenplay under the pen name Peter M. Winters. Salomé has been noted to consist of a predominantly queer cast, which has been interpreted as Nazimova’s nod to Wilde’s sexual orientation.