The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-05
ATTRACTIONS
 1.-THE ThEATRES
ROME DEPICTED AS
 IT WAS IN DAYS
 OF LICENTIOUS NERO
94v3d RAproduction of Scenes Made Familiar Through History at
 Park Theatre.
HQuo Vadts'' in Photo Play Forms a Thoroughly Realistic and Impres- sfve stWdy-CrovV6s Enjoy
 Spectacle.

Probably one of the greatest, most lnasterful. inspiring and wonderful films which has. yet been produced by the ability of stage management plus photographic art Is the eight-reeI fea- tune spectacle Of zsQuo Vadiss being shown this week at~the newly deco rated Park Theatre opened for the first time yesterday.
 With plot which in its Christian=1 nature, blending as it does the barbar- ttEs splendor. and historic revelation In picture form that great Roman era when Nero for the lust of pleasure de- ded not only the embryonic Christian band but the populace as well. it is teeming with scenes of the utmost yiv- 1dness and interest
 Taken among the very ruins of the buildings in which it was originally enacted and with the aid of the most efficient foreign actors who have stud- jed long the customs of the populace and the long gone times, the replica has met with instant success wherever 1t has been shown It is beautiful reproduction of a past era in action before modern audience.
 From a spectacular standpoint 1t may be said that the employment of human beings to again meet the fierce charge of a dozen or more hungry 1ions and tigers is sufficient to interest the modern theatregoer, beyond the HsEendary scenes which are enacted by hundreds of participants in this great lAextravaganza but when it becomes l1xnovvn that portions of Rome were Rgain reconstructed for the mere pleas ure of the masses all over the world lshzt they may again see 1t burned, the Istupendous magnitude of the produce tion may be imagined The sunptu- iousness of~the entire drama and ac- companytng incidents beggars mere description by words.
 The photo-drama Is included within three acts. Act one in three reels de- picts the interior of the luxurious home of Petronius, one of Nero's favorites- Petronius a dissoIute eourtier of the great emperor awaits Vinitius, his nephew. who later decIaims his love for Bxgia.s a beautiful ward of a Ro- lman general. Bygia is later taken tthrouEh B6rategem to the. palace of lNero accompanied by her giant fol- hover. At magnificent banquet Vim l titus attempts to force his love upon the beautiful girl. but she is snatched lzWay by the giant as lightly as feather in a storm. Nero is seen at lone of his great banquets. Bygia seems lost ao Virginia. who later discovered her through the efforts Of a sooth- saver and her capture is all but ac- ccnpiished by the overcoming of her Hitter guards when Ursus again inter- vents and rescues htsf charge. Other similar attempts are frustrat ted.
 Actr2 also in three reels, shows fur lther v01uptuous scenes in the summer gardens Of Nero. in which the TO- nnance is interwoven- It is followed by the- burning of Rome, witnessed from distance by. Nero and his par ity- To appease a homeless populace a carnival Of butchery and feats of strength are arranged in the immense ,amphitheatre which results in gladia- Eorfal combats. chariot races and final ly the. sacrihce Of some fifty or more ChfNtlaIl wonen and children It is a reafibtie scene tn. the extreme, and the masterpiece of movie strategem-
 Act three. consisting of two reels of film. closes the extraordinary produc- tion with the death Of Nero, the res rue of Bygia and accession of Emperor Galba to ~the throne vacated by the cowarfllyE and sensuous Nero
 In pro5ectfon and coloring, as well as from a descriptive standpoint, the offering at the Park this week is wor- thy of tie opening Of that theatre and will be enjoyed by thousands of Bridgeport's enthusiasts as well as those desiring to study from a pictorial standpoint the conditions in the capi- toI of the world during the height of the Roman empire. The production will be at the Park all week, afternoon and evening Large audiences saw the s-t1%~,-dro77a ve.afa7-f7av