Paramount and Artcraft Press Books (1917)

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Press stories to be sent out a week or ten days in advance of the showing of “THE ETERNAL TEMPTRESS” Lina Cavalieri, known as one of the five most beautiful women in the world, and famous as an opera star as well, has entered the field of motion pictures, having signed up with Paramount. Her first screen vehicle will be "The Eternal Temptress." This was written by Mme. Fred de Gresac, the popular French author, and will be shown at the Theatre on "THE ETERNAL TEMPTRESS" A STORY OF MODERN VENICE As Cordelia Sanzio, a wealthy widow of modern Venice, who lures young Harry Althrop to his ruin, Lina Cavalieri, the opera singer, makes her debut in Paramoiint Pictures with "The Eternal Temptress." The story deals with the ruse of an Austrian diplomat to secure papers involving Italy’s position in the world war. "The Eternal Temptress," a Paramount picture, will appear on at the Theatre. PICTURES HER FAD, DECLARES LINA CAVALIERI NOW A CINEMA AOTRESS. In "The Eternal Temptress" beautiful Lina Cavalieri makes her screen debut under the management of Paramount Pictures Corporation. The famous diva is tremendously enthusiastic about the motion picture work and declares she greatly prefers it to singing. With her quaint French accent she protested the other day that pictures are her "what ees it you say — fad." "The Eternal Temptress" is to appear at the Theatre on of week. . The choice of a. suitable screen vehicle for Lina Cavalieri, the noted opera singer, who makes her cinema debut in this city at the Theatre on was a long and difficult one. After thousands of manuscripts had been rejected, however, "The Eternal Temptress," by Mme. Fred de Gresac, was decided upon. This is a story of a beautiful woman of modern Venice and is not only a thrilling, gripping description of affairs in Italy at the outbreak of the present war, but casts a strong light on the methods used by the wily Prussian diplomats in gaining their purposes. As Cordelia Sanzio, Cavalieri becomes a tool in their hands until she comes into her better self through her love for Harry Althrop, a young American, and saves his life as well as many thousands of Italy's brave soldiers. 13