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Films
ROSETT
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SWEDEN
Among tlu' t i ! 1 1 1 > nude in Sweden during the last few months is "Fire on Board" directed b) Victoi Seastrom. The scenario is written bj the well-known Swedish author Hjalma Bergman who is also well known in many other countries his hook "Love's Crucible." The action of "Fire on Board" takes place in great part on hoard a ship and is full of dramatic excitement. It is a story of the fight of two men for a woman. ( hving to the limited space it has thru the fact that the action is going on within the rails oi the ship, the picture has a fascinating grip on the spectators. The part of the film where the ship is sinking is very sensational and is likely to be unique in the history of the film. The leading artists are Matheson Lang, the well known English stage actor, Victor Seastrom, and Mrs. Jenny Hasselqvist. the latter the greatest Swedish tragedienne.
During the present year, the Svenska Filmindustri will make a considerably greater number of films than before. The staff of Swedish actors is increased and furthermore the important Russian film man Dimitri Buchowetzki, the producer of "Danton" which was shown in America under the title of "All For A Woman" has been engaged. The scenario of one of the films which Buchowetzki is going to make has been written by himself in collaboration with the Hungarian author Alfred Lekete. The name of this film will be "The Masquerade of Life" and will show the individual struggle for happiness, gold and love.
RUSSIA
One seems to ignore what is done in Russia with respect to pictures. Since we heard of Soviet Russia, we have not heard very much about the cinema industry there. I am informed that during the months in which povertyreigned a society called "Russ" was formed and different pictures made. All of these photoplays deal more with Russian customs and habits than anything else and are consequentlyvery characteristic. I have secured some pictures of one of these films which is called (Continued on page 81)
Film Gaumonl K .burtl
Above, a charming bit from the French historical photo
?lay "La Bouquetiere des nnocents." Left, atmosphere from "Les Opprimes" showing the charming old Guild Halls of Belgium. Below, Asta Neilsen, whose "Hamlet" we know over here, in a German picture called "The Downfall"
A typically Russian group from the Russian film "Polikuschka" made from a story by Leon Tolstoi
(Tzventy-five)