Hearts of the First Empire

Napoleon, Emperor of France, or the Heart of a Great Empire

Directed by: William Humphrey, USA, 1913

USA, 1913
Szenenphoto aus Hearts of the First Empire, © Vitagraph Company of America


Cast and Credits

Production Vitagraph Company of America
Distribution General Film Company
Director William Humphrey
Cast William Humphrey [Napoleon]
William Humphrey [Marie Luise of Austria]
Leah Baird [Beatrice Dupreil]
Earle Williams [Count de Mauperg]
Harry T. Morey [Roustan]
William Shea [Talleyrand]
Harry S. Northrup [Duc de Beaufort]

Technical specifications
Category: Short Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,33 - Ratio: 1:1,33 - Black and White,, 2000 feet, 2 reels
Sound System: silent
First Screening: April 28, 1913 in USA
Survival Status: This picture is presumably lost

Remarks and general Information in German: Laut Eintrag der italienischen Zensur N° 61457 hatte der Film eine Länge von circa 1618 meter. [Cf Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia n° 088, April 14, 1914)
In einer Anzeige findet sich der Titel "Napoleon, Emperor of France, or the Heart of a Great Empire" für diesen Film. Es dürfte sich wohl um eine Erfindung des lokalen Kinobetreibers gehandelt haben.

General Information

Hearts of the First Empire is a motion picture produced in the year 1913 as a USA production. The Film was directed by William Humphrey, with William Humphrey, , Leah Baird, Earle Williams, Harry T. Morey, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file; There are no reviews of Hearts of the First Empire available.

Bibliography - The New York Dramatic Mirror, April 23, 1913, pg 29 [ad]
- The Moving Picture World, April 26, 1913, pg 401
- The Moving Picture World, April 26, 1913, pg 348 [ad and still]
- The Moving Picture World, April 26, 1913, pg 410 [Synopsis]
- The New York Dramatic Mirror, May 7, 1913, pg 28 [review]
- The Moving Picture World, May 10, 1913, pg 696 [review]
- The Niagara Falls Gazette, May 10, 1913, pg 4 [ad]
- The Moving Picture News, May 10, 1913, pg 20 [trivia]
- Elmira Star Gazette, May 13, 1913
- The Utica Sunday Tribune, May 25, 1913, pg 14 [review]
- The Daily Colonist, Victoria, Vancouver Island, June 1, 1913, pg 19
- Daily Argus, Mount Vernon, N.Y., June 12, 1913 [ad]
- Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13238, 22 November 1913, Page 5
- Anthony Slide, The Big V, Metuchen & London, 1987, pg 228
- Paolo Cherchi Usai, Vitagraph Co. of America, Pordenone 1987, pp 524-5

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