The Moving picture world (November 1921)

pictures in one What the Critics say about Theodora Photoplay "In attempting to describe it adequately, one looks in vain for suitable superlatives. It literally knocks one's eye out." New York "Collect all your 'Ohs!' your 'Ahs!' and your interjections "of acme gaspology and prepare to utter them when you see "Theodora" at the Astor Theatre. It was a perpetual feast for the eye," —Alan Dale in N. Y. American Cleveland "One cannot over-praise this film, in fact, cannot adequately describe or critisize it. It is beyond anything that I expected from producers of films for years to come." — Archie Bell, Cleveland News' Detroit "And if it cost three million dollars to achieve the amazing succession of trip-hammer punches such as one sees in this production, all I can say is that it looks like a full moneys' worth." —Deroit Journal Pittsburgh "Gorgeous is a word-frequently used by those who would describe dramatic scenes whose magnificence has pleased. The word is much too weak to adequately fit the settings of this production." — Chronicle 'Telegraph Chicago MThe splendors of the Byzantine Empire, the stupendous cast of 25,000 people, the terrific rain of climaxes, the under current of a frenzied love tragedy will lift the jaded movie fan out of his lethargy Into the seventh heaven of attention." —Herald Examiner Boston "It is a picture that will live as one of the great spectacles of motion picture art. There is a gorgeousness of pageantry whjch surpasses any thing that has ever been shown." —Boston Qlobe Theodora has played to big money in several of the big Eastern cities. It is the talk of the whole pictureloving public, because it has been heralded and written about in the great national magazines. It is now going into its fourth month in New York at the Astor Theatre at $2 top. The critics of all the cities where it has played have raved about "Theodora." Sardou's immortal love romance Produced hy Unione Cinematografica Italian* picture the world has ever known /