Original sentence: In Moving Picture World, Pathé simply announced the film as one of its current "dramatic" releases, at a length of 853 feet--considerably shorter than the version for which Saint-Saëns had composed his score; and the company dropped the film from its listings five weeks later.Lasting longer than was then usual (about 18 minutes), the film more or less accurately depicts the events of the day in 1588 when  King Henri III (played by co-director Le Bargy) summoned his powerful rival, Duke Henri de Guise, to his chambers at the Château de Blois and had him brutally murdered.The film's success in France inspired other companies to make similar films, thus inaugurating a genre which eventually became known as  films d'art, taking the name of the leading production company; a genre characterized by elaborate theatricality in sets, costumes and acting and associated with historical dramas concerned with noble characters
Edited sentence: In Moving Picture World, Pathé simply announced the film as one of its current "dramatic" releases, at a length of 853 feet—considerably shorter than the version for which Saint-Saëns had composed his score; and the company dropped the film from its listings five weeks later.Lasting longer than was then usual (about 18 minutes), the film more or less accurately depicts the events of the day in 1588 when King Henri III (played by co-director Le Bargy) summoned his powerful rival, Duke Henri de Guise, to his chambers at the Château de Blois and had him brutally murdered.The film's success in France inspired other companies to make similar films, thus inaugurating a genre which eventually became known as films d'art, taking the name of the leading production company; a genre characterized by elaborate theatricality in sets, costumes and acting and associated with historical dramas concerned with noble characters