The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-12
FRIDAY, JUNE IL, 1914.
''Spartacus. "
The Chicago Daily News, May 13

1914.
Motion picture film staged and
produced by Pasquali & Co., at Rome
and Turin,t Italy. Owned and con-
trolled in the United States by Geo.
Kleine. Presented at the Auditor
ium treatre, Chicago, May II, 1914.
The cast: Spartacus, Signor Ma
rio Ausonia; Idamis, Signorina Chris
tina Ruspoii; Marcus Licinius Cras-
sus, Signor Enrico Bacci; Narona
'Signorina Maria Gandini; Noricus,
Signor Luigi Mele; Artemon, Signor
Verdi Giovanni. IT,. Il,
Added the human voice and the
stage presentation Of the early Ro-
man story of 'Spartacus" at the ALL
opera. AS it was, there was an Or
chestra which. compared favorably
with any that has been heard in that
famous abiding place of orchestras
under director whose name, Mo-
dest Altschuler, is one of note, and
there were stage pictures that vie
spectacular operate ventures, lack
ing only color, and that for so cents
instead of IS.
1t was more than good entertain
ment-it was a great show.
This high class production came
to it's first performance here last ev-
ening, but it will remain at the
Auditorium, with afternoon and
night presentations daily, until the
next Of the notable films is intro
duced in the series which the Chi
eago lessees Of the Auditorium have
arranged for, the Auditorium to be
'picture house."
Specifications of the film now on
view present startling figures. One
is told that $500 people were en-
ployed by Pasquali & Co. at Rome
and Turin, Italy, where the pictures
were made; that the film is 5000
feet in length and that the most no
ted athletes of Italy were posed in
the roles of the great fighters.
This long story of eight reels is
divided into three acts. These are
separated by intermissions of fifteen
minutes, during which the audience
rests it's eyes and listens to the music
provided by Mr.. Altschuler and his
orchestra of thirty-eight pieces.
Everybody will want to see The
Revolt of the Gladiators'' It tells
the story, familiar to every school,
boy, of the valorous Spartacus, who
led his fellow bondsmen to liberty
AS it has been rewritten to meet the
requirements of film DRAMA it re-
lates how Spartacus, prince of
Thrace, his sister, Idamis, and her
lover, Artemon, are brought to Rome
as prisoners of the Roman general,
The princess is made handmaiden 70
the generals daughter, Norona,
while the men, on account of their
great muscular strength, are added
to the company of gladiators. Ro-
nance is introduced by arranging a
love affair between Spartacus and his
sisters mistress, Norona, and a viii
liam is brought forward in the en-
vious Noricus, captain of the guards,
who plots against Spartacus.
Bloody scenes of combat take
place, great concourses of people as
semble, gladiatorial games are shown,
the escape to the mountains and the
descent by vine ropes over the noun
tain cliffs are realistically repro
duced, as is the battle scene on the
mountain pass between the Roman
DICTIONARIES and the gladiators, not
to mention the long triumphal pro-
cessons and the final appearance Of
the lions in the arena where Spar
tacus faces death, burt eludes it in
time to send the audience away
cheerful and proclaiming the great
ness Of the George Kleine film as 1t
unrolls in the udtorium.-Mollie
Morris, Critic-Adv.