Queen of Egypt Cleopatra (Helen Gardner) falls in love with slave fisherman Pharon. She promises him ten days of passionate affair if he commits suicide at the end. He goes through with the suicide but handmaiden Iras saves him. She lies to him that the Queen had saved him. Mark Antony arrives next and she seduces him.
This is a silent film put together by Helen Gardner and her New York theatrical group called Helen Gardner Picture Players. The production is big for its time. They used exteriors for location shots. It's more the costumes that I'm impressed with. Let's be clear. Forget accuracy in this one. It's very interesting for early cinema. It's a full length movie in the modern sense. The filmmaking is rudimentary. For the most part, they keep the camera stationary for long uncut scenes. It's been voted rather low here and that may have more to do with the new music being added. I don't like it. If they're adding new music, they may as well do something interesting like use middle eastern music.
This is a silent film put together by Helen Gardner and her New York theatrical group called Helen Gardner Picture Players. The production is big for its time. They used exteriors for location shots. It's more the costumes that I'm impressed with. Let's be clear. Forget accuracy in this one. It's very interesting for early cinema. It's a full length movie in the modern sense. The filmmaking is rudimentary. For the most part, they keep the camera stationary for long uncut scenes. It's been voted rather low here and that may have more to do with the new music being added. I don't like it. If they're adding new music, they may as well do something interesting like use middle eastern music.