Cleopatra

Helen Gardner, 1912: the first American feature about Cleopatra, and Gardner produced it, starred in it, and wore the costumes she wanted. Charles L. Gaskill directed. Six reels, from Sardou. It is a stage star treating the Nile as a set she owns, years before Theda Bara. The affair with Antony is the plot. The fact of a woman running the company is the other plot.