The Star of Bethlehem (1912)
With Florence La Badie, James Cruze, William Russell, Harry Benham, Justus D. Barnes, David H. Thompson
Directed by Lawrence Marston
The Star of Bethlehem is a 1912 American silent film produced by Edwin Thanhouser and Charles J. Hite, and featuring Florence La Badie, James Cruze, and William Russell. The film is a retelling of Biblical events preceding the Nativity of Jesus. Directed by Lawrence Marston, the entire film is staged as brief tableaux. With much of the original lost (only 15 minutes survive), the existing footage can be difficult to interpret as a coherent whole.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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