The Masked Amazon
About The Masked Amazon
Count Albert de Roberti is trusted with army plans. Jean Stérosky, a circus director and a Silistrian spy, drugs him, takes the plans, and gives them to the enemy. Albert is court-martialed and jailed. His wife Franca knows who did it and has no proof. She joins a traveling circus and rides as the Masked Amazon, her face covered even from the other performers. The circus reaches Silistria. She gets the evidence from Stérosky's circle, frees her husband, and the finish is a chase by car and by train.
Cast & crew
More about The Masked Amazon
Baldassarre Negroni directed. Arrigo Frusta wrote the scenario. Giorgio Ricci photographed it. Celio Film released it in Italy on 21 February 1914. Francesca Bertini plays Franca de Roberti. Alberto Collo plays Count Albert. Emilio Ghione plays Jean Stérosky. Leda Gys plays Nadia. Teresa Martini is billed. Jean Desmet released it in the Netherlands in 1914. George Kleine released it in the United States on 14 March 1915 as The Woman Who Dared. The Italian title is L'Amazzone mascherata.
Themes
Making
Negroni puts Bertini in the ring as the way into Silistria. The last shot is an overhead of the car and the train.
Look
Giorgio Ricci photographed the circus and the overhead chase.
Preservation
EYE Filmmuseum holds a print, available through the European Film Gateway.
Notes
- Stérosky and the count had put on a show together before the theft of the plans.
- The American ads call her the Lady of the Mask.
- A Moving Picture World notice is dated 20 March 1915.
- An EYE print is on the European Film Gateway.
Scenes
- Stérosky drugs the count and walks off with the maneuver plans.
- Franca rides with her face covered.
- A car and a train run in the overhead shot at the end.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (L'amazzone mascherata (1914).webm)
- EYE Filmmuseum
