| Show r Moving g Picture World Lauds George 1 1 5 TiT 1 1 Klein Klemes s 's For napoleon Napoleo and r France ranee f f i y POE ilOR NAPOLEON AND FRANCE t r A An i Ambitious Cines Olnes Kleine l Production y in Six Parts v Y Reviewed by James S. S S McQuade is After After viewing the tho six-part six photodrama photodrama photo- photo tt dr drama m b by Ital Italiana 8 a Cines e ena enn en en- G a n titled For Napoleon and 1 I I was wa especially impressed ed by br th the ab ab- interest that is created and re re- tamed through h the tho entire feet fec of film Not for an int nt did I feel the relaxation that usually ends in a a. yawn ya l ouo ono of or tho s sure re indications of faulty faults construct construction ou or the lack of a meaty cats ty tys ty's s story orr Th The reels throughout bout are brimful brim rim ful of action The martial mani l at atmosphere is intense and the fortunes of the chief characters characters' in the stor story are cleverly in- in with realistic spectacular bat bit batties ties that were Treje fought durin during the Napoleonic Napoleonic Napo Napo- wars These battle scenes scene are supposed to tob tobe tobe b be laid in Trance France Spain Aus Aus- Austri tri tria The crowning en engagement of the opposing forces as s shown shown in oWn in 1 the films is the tho battle battIe of or Austerlitz where Na Na- l M tS l a r s p l rw t tu tN ti W y e. e c u ITT N St StITT o r fi NAPOLEON NAP AND HIS STAFF STAFF STAFF- shattered th the Austrian forces paving pavin the way for the decisive battle battlo of Jena tot that laid the German states at his his' feet This filmed battle of Austerlitz Aus Aus- shows great masses of troops and the famous charge of veterans on the tho Austrian center We Ve see shells fallin fall fall- falling in ing and burstin bursting among the ranks of the advancing nj force One of these disables a 8 br bravo vo little drummer boy bor who is sounding Bounding tho the charge and ones one's heart heartaches heartaches heartaches aches as 88 the little ollow fellow rises repeatedly repeated repeated- ly from his knees cS his bis tiny body waver waver- In ing and tottering as' as he ho continues to sound the not notes s that are arc carrying his comrades to victory It is more than a amere amere amero mere mero vi view w of the tho carnage of war we wc weare weare are T right ht in tho the midst of it Several ma magnificent interiors are revealed ro re the telling of tho the filmed story The reception and ball at the Paris home of Marshal L rho Madame De LOn apartments ap and the ball given rIven bv be Marshal Marmont arc nrc marvels in the line of settings s and These scenes are highly edu educational in that they fur furnish furnish fur fur- nish Dish us vividly so BO living li pictures of mon men monand monand and women of fashion their costumes costumes' and uniforms and the manners and customs customs customs cus cus- toms that prevailed pre during the time of the first firt consul Several of our old Cines friends who have havo distinguished themselves by talented talented talented tal tal- art in Cines K Cines Kleine eine special features have add added d tol to their l laurels in this subject Foremost amon among then them is Sig SiA Anth Anthony nv who can c count hi hid American admirers ad by the hundreds of thousands and who will always be remembered as tho the of Quo Vadis 1 nn and as the Antony of 4 Antony Antony Anton and Cleopatra Cleo Cleo- patra In Iu this instance lie he a appears in iu inthe inthe the tho role rolo of Capt Robert For Formy Formy my part I think he fits fiU better bettor in iu this character than in any other in which I Iba ba have viewed ie ed him Another finely drawn character is that of apol 1 Napoleon on Sig Geor George e Cattaneo who will wil wm be bel bei for hi his hid great Teat characterization of Nero in Quo Vadis affects cleverly cloverly the well known personal peculiarities of of the Little In make up he ho bears a striking resemblance to lo the tho Son gen orally crall v accepted likenesses of worlds world's foremost general Indeed it is admitted that no other actor on the boards of the present day dar is so fitted both physically and in conception of the character to portray the first N Napoleon to the life ife Madame De Do Lou Longueville a alady lR lady of or Napoleons Napoleon 5 court who hears bears the stamp tamp of n a high hish bred adventuress adventures is iR in the theban ban hands s o of no less an artisto than Si Signora Signora Sig Sig- nora norn Giovanna Glovanna Gonzales whose Cleo leo patra is still winning favor throughout this continent By reason of subtle characterization and for the magnificent ma magnificent cent costumes worn during the run o of this photodrama Gonzales has bas placed place herself still more inore firmly in pith pith- lie favor Rina Bina Larive Larh-c. sister of the captain of that name is is' is mo most t pl pleasing afling- afling Iv h. represented by Signora Pina reni c elli As the fearless ss i Si Sig Signora nora nom Minnie Kelly fHI as some of her ber American admirers call alI her heris heris heris is is positively cly bewitching U and Franco France Fort Fort Napoleon intro intra introduces du duces another fine actor artor in Signor Philip Maieroni His Hie Marshal Larive is a model of character drawing It is isSo isso So BO strong in eve every way that it cannot annot fail fan to win general genera praise from tho the judi judi- e cious ous Another fine char character part is the Count D' D DArcy D'Arcy Arcy of Signor Leonardo rdo Vinci Many Man Manof of the exterior views in these films film are arc beautifully tinted Several Se fine fino ar are arc produced d in licht olive hues huei The aph ph i ia is in inn full un keeping keep keep- keeping ing int with th the high hE cla class merit Q pf the tho subject in the respects already referred I Ito to J |
