Salambò (Pasquali 1914)
Spanish collectors card by Reclam Films, Mallorca, no. 4 of 6. Photo: Pasquali Film. Suzanne De Labroy in Salambò (Domenico Gaido, 1914), very freely adapted from Gustave Flaubert's classic novel. This card shows Salammbô's trip to Matho's camp, in order to get the veil back.
Suzanne De Labroy plays the title role of the Carthaginian princess Salammbô, keeper of the sacred veil of the goddess Tanit and daughter of general Amilcar. When Matho (Mario Guaita/ Ausonia), head of the mercenaries, steals the veil, Salammbô is ordered to get it back but by doing so she falls in love. Prince Narr Havas helps Amilcar conquer Matho's army and the latter is caught and destined to die. While in the book he is killed by Salammbô after which she commits suicide, in the film there is a happy end, when Matho's aid Spendius pretends to be the Voice of Tanit, ordering marriage between Matho and Salammbô.
Athletic muscleman Mario Guaita aka Ausonia (1881-1956) was an Italian actor, director, producer and scriptwriter in the silent era. He had his international breakthrough with Spartaco (Enrico Vidali 1913) and became a major actor in the Italian forzuto genre. In the early 1920s, he moved to Marseille, made a few films there and ran a cinema.
Salambò (Pasquali 1914)
Spanish collectors card by Reclam Films, Mallorca, no. 4 of 6. Photo: Pasquali Film. Suzanne De Labroy in Salambò (Domenico Gaido, 1914), very freely adapted from Gustave Flaubert's classic novel. This card shows Salammbô's trip to Matho's camp, in order to get the veil back.
Suzanne De Labroy plays the title role of the Carthaginian princess Salammbô, keeper of the sacred veil of the goddess Tanit and daughter of general Amilcar. When Matho (Mario Guaita/ Ausonia), head of the mercenaries, steals the veil, Salammbô is ordered to get it back but by doing so she falls in love. Prince Narr Havas helps Amilcar conquer Matho's army and the latter is caught and destined to die. While in the book he is killed by Salammbô after which she commits suicide, in the film there is a happy end, when Matho's aid Spendius pretends to be the Voice of Tanit, ordering marriage between Matho and Salammbô.
Athletic muscleman Mario Guaita aka Ausonia (1881-1956) was an Italian actor, director, producer and scriptwriter in the silent era. He had his international breakthrough with Spartaco (Enrico Vidali 1913) and became a major actor in the Italian forzuto genre. In the early 1920s, he moved to Marseille, made a few films there and ran a cinema.