This version of the film includes a prologue, which takes up half the running time of 25 minutes. She Who Must Be Obeyed (Snow) meets and falls in love with Kallikrates (Cruze). He refuses her advances, she kills him, then mourns him. A descendent of his, Leo Vincey (Cruze), grows up in England. When he turns 25, he is sent to Africa to kill She. After falling in love with Leo, she shows him the body of Kallikrates, which She's preserved for 2000 years; She then makes it disappear. Then She takes one too many baths in The Flame., which had kept her youthful for a couple thousand years.
I've never seen this version of "She" available. I know the 1916 and 1917 versions are considered lost. This version is notable mainly for silent film lovers. The special effects are primitive, and look more like She's melting that last time in The Flame, the acting is functional, but it's worth the 20 odd minutes to see how H. Rider Haggard's story was interpreted. It's interesting to see future director James Cruze (1924's "The Covered Wagon, etc.) in front of the camera.
I've never seen this version of "She" available. I know the 1916 and 1917 versions are considered lost. This version is notable mainly for silent film lovers. The special effects are primitive, and look more like She's melting that last time in The Flame, the acting is functional, but it's worth the 20 odd minutes to see how H. Rider Haggard's story was interpreted. It's interesting to see future director James Cruze (1924's "The Covered Wagon, etc.) in front of the camera.