Paramount Press Books (1918)

If you were a beautiful young woman, and your first husband had been a dashing army officer who had died a hero ; and your second husband was an old man of title and wealth, but stupid and conceited, whom you had married in a moment of weakness ; and you found your love for your dead husband growing stronger and stronger, until you could not bear the presence of your second husband; and, to complicate matters, if your first husband's best friend fell in love with you, what would you do? These are some of the problems that Elsie Ferguson battles with in her latest Artcraft picture, "Rose of the World," in which the lovely star does some remarkable emotional acting. Miss Ferguson has won most of her laurels in heavy roles, and as "Rosamond," the heroine of the film story, she has a part well suited to her talents. The picture is coming to' the Theatre on 'i Stories of the Orient are usually fascinating, and "Rose of the World," the Artcraft picture which will be shown at the Theatre on , is particularly attractive by reason of the fact that beautiful Elsie Ferguson plays the leading role. Much of the plot unfolds in India, where Capt. Harry English loses his life in a battle with the natives. Weird types are shown among the natives, and the atmosphere is surcharged with mysticism. Occultism plays no part in the plot, however, though in the entertaining story by Agnes and Edgerton Castle it would seem that nothing short of the supernatural could remove the difficulties that beset the fair Rosamond and restore her to happiness. Maurice Tourneur, the noted French producer, directed the play, which is an offering of artistic merit. 13