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'When Rome Ruled' is a 1914 American silent historical drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Nell Craig, Clifford Bruce and Riley Hatch. It was made at the American subsidiary of the French company Path, shortly to be relaunched as Path Exchange, at studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. 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



* Nell Craig as Nydia

* Clifford Bruce as Caius

* Riley Hatch as Caius' Father

* Walter R. Seymour as Nydia's Father

* Rosita Marstini 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.


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