Thursday, March 15, 2012

Diana the Huntress - 1916


Country: United States
Directors: Charles W. Allen, Francis Trevelyan Miller
Stars: Lionel Braham, Lt. Percy Richards and Paul Swan
Production Co: Pluragraph
Plot Keywords: Interpretive Dance | Flute | Reveller | Moon | Nymph  | Lyre | Dance | Goddess | Pan | Bow And Arrow | Goddess Worship
Diana is captured in the moon. Her nymphs, sitting with Pan on earth in a wooded glen, are sad. To cheer them and to signal her approaching return, Diana shoots an arrow to the earth where it blossoms into flowers. Accompanied by flute and lyre, the nymphs dance. Diana appears in their midst and leads them in revelry. In another part of the wood, Pan appears - he dances, leaps, jumps into a pond, and plays his flute. Tired, lies down to rest. 

The Ventures of Marguerite - 1915 (Episode 4 - The Veiled Priestess)


Country: United States
Language: English
Directors: Robert Ellis, John Mackin, Hamilton Smith            
Stars: Marguerite Courtot, Richard Purdon and Edward Roseman
Release Date: 29 October 1915 (USA)
Production Co: Kalem Company
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Serial
Genres: Action | Adventure
As heiress to a large fortune, Marguerite is able to satisfy her love for beautiful clothes and a taste for adventure, while confronted by a multitude of schemers and gangsters bent on reducing her to poverty.
Trivia
Each of the sixteen episodes tells a complete story in itself, so, by definition, this is a series, not a serial. The episode titles are: #1: When Appearances Deceive; #2: The Rogue Syndicate; #3: The Kidnapped Heiress; #4: The Veiled Princess; #5: A Society Schemer; #6: The Key to a Fortune; #7: The Ancient Coin; #8: The Secret Message; #9: The Oriental's Plot; #10: The Spy's Ruse; #11: The Crossed Clues; #12: The Tricksters; #13: The Sealskin Coat; #14: The Lurking Peril; #15: The Fate of America; #16: The Trail's End.