Paramount and Artcraft Press Books (1917)

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Press stories to be sent out two or three days in advance or during the showing of “THE ETERNAL TEMPTRESS” Visitors to the huge Paramount studios at Fort Lee, New York, where Lina Cavalieri was preparing her first photoplay recently, thought they had accidentally wandered into a room in a public library when they entered Director Emile Chautard’s office. Foreign books, magazines, papers and folders lay scattered in every direction, while huge volumes of maps, photographs and the like were lying on every chair and table. These were used by M. Chautard in the preparation of "The Eternal Temptress," the scenes of which are laid in modern Venice and Rome. Director Chautard is nothing if not thorough and is noted as a stickler for detail. "The Eternal Temptress," which is to be shown at the Theatre on is one of the most notable productions of the year, marking the great singer’s debut in the field of the cinema. Lina Cavalieri, noted singer and renowned as "the most beautiful woman of Euorpe," has at last consented to appear in motion pictures, thereby following the example of several of her fellow artistes, including Geraldine Farrar and others. Her first Paramount production, "The Eternal Temptress," is a story of love and political intrigue of the most fascinating sort. It was wirtten by Mme. Fred de Grasac and directed by Emile Chautard. "The Eternal Temptress" will be shown at the Theatre on LINA CAVALIERI AS ITALIAN SIREN APPEARS IN FIRST PICTURE AT As beautiful Cordelia Sanzio, Cavalieri wins the instant sympathy and interest of her audiences for her almost supernatural beauty, which is of the sort that films well, seeming almost to make its possessor stand out from the screen and become a living, breathing character. In her love affair with Harry Althrop, last of a long line of lovers, she comes into her best self and makes the supremest sacrifice a human being can make for another— and her country. Elliott Dexter as Harry Althrop has created one of the best roles of his successful career. "The Eternal Temptress" will be shown on the screen of the Theatre beginning on 15