Headline
Alexandra Cinematograph: A Varied and Interesting Exposition of Life Today
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1909-01-26
- Publication Year
1909
Page
4
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Vestal
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Director
Albert Capellani
Country
France
Released
1908-03-21
Genre
Short
Language
French
Plot
A young Roman soldier and his sweetheart are embracing each other fondly and making their vows. The next scene shows the public square, where it is announced that war has been proclaimed. ...
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Summary
Alexandra Cinematograph, in Zetland Street, offered the audiences high quality films. To begin with, the firm reproduced on the screen are the production of the noted firm of Pathe Freres of Paris. If we have a fault to find with the show at all it is that there was too little of the educational as distinguished from the purely ephemeral about the scenes. 'The ambulance dogs' represented soldier life, 'The vestal' was a love drama and 'The little Savoyard' proved to be a semi-tragedy. Moreover, the cost of admission is very cheap.
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