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Bartolomeo Pagano (center).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Maciste
Also known as Maciste il terrore dei banditi in Italy; Marvelous Maciste in the USA : [Maciste of Turin], [The Perplexities of Maciste]
(1915) Italy
B&W : [?] Seven? reels / 1968 metres
Directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and Vincenzo Denizot
Cast: Bartolomeo Pagano [Maciste], Leone Papa [Ercole], Clementina Gay [Josefina], Amelia Chellini [madre di Josefina], Didaco Chelini [Il duca Alexis], [?] Ada Marangoni or Teresa Marangoni?
Itala Film production in association with Itala Film Company of America. / Scenario by Agnes L. Bain (Agnes Fletcher Bain). Production supervision by Giovanni Pastrone. / Released 2 May 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Itala Film Company of America through Hanover Film Company in August 1915. The film was released in Japan on 13 January 1917. Followed by Maciste bersaglieri (1916).
Drama.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 18 May 1918, page ?] The uncle of Josephine employs gangsters to abduct her, and in fleeing from them she enters a motion picture theater, where she sees Maciste playing in the screen drama, “Cabiria.” The story pictures Maciste escaping from prison by bending iron bars, and Josephine decides that a man of his strength can be of much assistance to her. She obtains his address, and going to him she relates her experience. At first he is inclined to doubt the truthfulness of her story, but later, when he sees half a dozen ruffians attacking her, he intercedes in the girl’s behalf, and single handed subdues them. Maciste demonstrates his marvelous strength in many other thrilling incidents, and finally runs down the uncle and his gang, and turns them over to the authorities.
Survival status: Print exists in the Cineteca di Bologna film archive [35mm restoration positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Italy]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 April 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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