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Foreign
By MAURICE
ENGLAND
Above, Lady Diana Manners in the English production of "The Virgin Queen," surrounded by the ladies of her court. Right, some of the beautiful and authentic background for the Italian film "Messalina." Below, Henry Victor in the British photoplay, "The Prodigal Son" from a story by Hall Caine
Below, Matheson Lang, an extra and Victor Seastrom in "Fire On Board" a Swedish film directed by Victor Seastrom
1AM glad to confirm what I said previously. England is awakening, is now very much awake, and I have noticed, amongst others presented during the last four weeks, three pictures of decided merit, one of which contains scenes which might even bear the signature of D. W. Griffith.
One must certainly remember that Miss Mae Marsh who plays the lead in it, is American, but the producer is British and he has succeeded in making one of the best pictures England has so far produced. The title of the picture is "Paddy-the-next-best-thing." The other two pictures are "A
Royal Divorce" of which I spoke in detail in my last article, and "The Virgin Queen" the new color film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Both are well produced and can favorably compare with the best productions of today.
Let me just mention that "The Prodigal Son" from the book by Sir Hall Caine, and which has just been presented to the Press at the Covent Garden Theatre. London, is the longest picture made in England ; as the producer wished, contrary to the usual custom, to follow page by page all the incidents of the book and reproduce them on the screen. . I repeat, it is certainly the longest English picture, but the few interesting dramatic scenes are lost in the 17,000 feet of film.
FRANCE
When Henry DiamantBerger was on location recently completing the sequel to "The Three Musketeers," he paid a visit, with some members of his company, to the great French tragedienne, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt. It was then announced that she would appear in a film directed by DiamantBerger. It will be remembered that Sarah Bernhardt appeared in two or three films made before and during the war, amongst which are "Tosca" and "The Story of Queen Elizabeth." A friend of mine who approached the secretary of the Paris Theatre belonging to Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, told me that he did not think that the celebrated actress would be able to work at all for the cinema owing to her health which has given her much trouble of late. *
Among the latest important French films presented is "La Bouquetiere des Innocents" which is a historical film of the time of Henry IV. A very interesting prologue begins this picture
*Since this was written the "Divine Sarah" has given up the battle with ill health and gone to her eternal rest. — Editor.
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