''When Rome Ruled'' is a 1914 American silent

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directed by

George Fitzmaurice George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and Film producer, producer. Career Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1940 ...

and starring

Nell Craig Nell Craig (June 13, 1891 – January 5, 1965) was an American actress. Partial filmography * ''In the Palace of the King'' (1916, Essanay) * '' The Triflers'' (1920) * ''The Desperate Hero'' (1920) * '' Passion's Playground'' (1920) * '' Her ...

, Clifford Bruce and

Riley Hatch William Riley Hatch (September 2, 1862 – September 6, 1925) was an American singer and actor on stage and in silent films. Hatch's Broadway debut came in ''The Burgomaster'' (1900); his final Broadway appearance was in ''The Nervous Wreck'' ...

. It was made at the American subsidiary of the French company

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, shortly to be relaunched as

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, at studios in

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. It was an attempt to imitate the classical epics of Italian cinema, but made on a much lower budget.Motion Picture Guide Silent Film p. 303 It marked the directorial debut of Fitzmaurice who emerged as a leading filmmaker during the 1920s.

Cast

as Nydia * Clifford Bruce as Caius *

as Caius' Father * Walter R. Seymour as Nydia's Father *

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as Caius' Bride * A.H. Busby as Caius' Bride's Father * Charles E. Bunnell as A High Priest of Jupiter

References

Bibliography

* Jay Robert Nash, Robert Connelly & Stanley Ralph Ross. ''Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936''. Cinebooks, 1988.

External links

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