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“PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC” HAILED ONE OF FOUR BEST PICTURES MADEBy Elisabeth Larsh“The Passion of Joan of Arc,” a film judged by the National Board of Review to be one of the four greatest ever made, will be shown in the Assembly Hall Thursday night at 8 o’clock under the auspices of the Dramatic Council. This picture has not been shown, and will not be shown, in any commercial house in the country, and will not be seen here again, according to Ralph Campiglia, dramatic managor.This picture, which was produced by the Societe Generale des Films under Sari Dreyer, a Danish director, had its American premiere in the Little Carnegie Playhouse of New York last March, and there was acclaimed the finest picture ever to come out of France. Through the efforts of Samuel J. Hume, director of the Cinema Society of California, an organization which has been sponsoring the showing of fine silent films which are not to be seen in commercial houses, “The Passion of Joan of Arc” was brought to the West. It has been shown to special audiences in Berkeley at the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, and in San Francisco at the Community Playhouse.Maria Falconetti, who plays the role of the Maid of Orleans, is a member of the Comddie Frangalse and one of the finest French actresses of today; and Monsieur Sylvain, also a member of the Comddie, plays the Bishop of Beauvais.Tickets for Thursday night’s allowing of “The Passion of Joan of Arc” are on sale for seventy-five cents at the A.R.S.U. office and at Sherman, Clay Company in Palo Alto.
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Stanford Daily
Stanford, California, US
Tue, Nov 12, 1929
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