Patrizia e schiava (Original)
1909
An African slave girl kidnaps her mistress's child, who is then abandoned and cared for by mermaids until returned to her mother. A man talks to …
Principessa e Schiava (Original)
1909
Ancient Rome. Roman princess is jealous of general's love for captured slave girl. Roman general Vitellius returns after conquering the Dacians, …
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (Original)
1927
Burlesque of the Trojan legend. Note: The NFTVA holds the following. 200027A (485ft). The final 485ft (sequence ends `The End') 207006A (727ft). …
Pygmalion and Galatea
1912
Story of Pygmalion and Galatea. Based on the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Main title. (1) Intertitles. (13) Pygmalion is seen at work on his …
Quo Vadis?
1924
A story of the persecution of the Christians by the Emperor Nero. Rl.1. Nero amuses himself by watching his victims being cast into the wayer to feed…
Quo Vadis? (Original)
1913
HISTORICAL DRAMA. A story of the persecution of the Christians by the Emperor Nero. Rl.1. [Section missing] Petronius persuades Nero to have the beau…
The Road to Rome or Ruin (Original)
1926
University student's film of activities and a trip to Rome. (Synopsis) "ASHTON ST FILM CORP INC PRESENTS THAT ANCIENT MONUMENT OF CINEMATIC …
Roaming Romeo (Original)
1928
Slapstick comedy loosely parodying MGM's epic BEN HUR. (NFA Catalogue)
Roman Britain (Original)
1927
INSTRUCTIONAL: A reconstruction of life in Britain in Roman times. R.1. A British village in AD49 of mud huts with thatched roofs (36-46); when dange…
A Roman Scandal (Original)
1926
No main title. Mutt and Jeff stand outside a tent advertising `PROF FEEP CRYSTAL GAZER REVEALS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE.' After arguing, Jeff uses…
Saffo (Original)
1909
The Greek poetess, Sappho, cares only for the arts and rejects several suitors. One day strolling by the sea she sees Phaon, a handsome fisherman, an…
San Paolo Dramma Biblico (Original)
1910
DRAMA. Biblical. Scenes from the life of St Paul the Apostle. The archive holds several versions: Paul, a merchant in Tarsus, hears of a Christian ga…
Santa Cecilia (Original)
1911
The story of the Christian martyr Saint Cecilia. Unknown to her parents, Cecilia, a Roman patrician, has become a Christian. She has two suitors for …
A Saunter through Old Rome
1913
Black and white: St. Peter's; "the city of fountains"; various shots. Stencil coloured: Horses at drinking trough; Piazza del Popolo; V…
Temptation of St. Anthony (Original)
1900
TRICK - stop-action. St Anthony sits reading at a desk, on which a skull is visible. A young woman wearing a skin-coloured body suit appears before h…
Tentation de Saint-Antoine (Original)
1899
Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet (Original)
1911
A Roman courtesan repents of her wanton life to follow Christ. Lydia, a Roman courtesan, refuses the caresses of a Roman man. A leper passes by, seek…
Ultimi Giorni di Pompei, Gli (Original)
1926
Set in Pompeii and based on the novel by Edward Bulwer- Lytton. Rl.1. Various shots of the ruins of Pompeii and Vesuvius (137). A reconstruction of l…
Vestale, La (Original)
1908
The scene depicts the Forum and the Temple of Vesta. Cinna returns victorious from the Gauls and is about to receive the honours of triumph, but Act&…
Virginia (Original)
1911
Virginius, a Roman soldier, leaves his daughter Virginia under the protection of her betrother, Icilius. Apiius Claudius, a patrician, tells his frie…