She (1911 film)

Made by the Thanhouser Company, the film was directed by George Nichols and featured his wife Viola Alberti as Amenartes.

Here Amenartas, the Pharaoh's daughter (Viola Alberti) awaits her love, Kallikrates (James Cruze), who has just become a Priest of Isis.

[5] After journeying for "twice twelve moons" they land with their infant son on the East coast of Africa at a point called the Negro's Head.

Here lives "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (Marguerite Snow), the white witch of Africa, who has learned the secret of eternal youth.

With her mystic power "She" sees Kallikrates approach and realises he is the perfect man who must join her by bathing in the fires of eternal youth and with her rule the world.

Leaving the strange land they return to England where Leo's golden hair turns white with the shock of all he has seen.

Made quickly in a week, probably in November 1911, the film marked Thanhouser's attempt to depict the epic romance of H. Rider Haggard's tale of love across the centuries.

Despite the claim that "The Thanhouser picture of She was made in several different locations, some of them requiring the company to travel 500 miles"[8] in reality a few icy November coastal locations in upstate New York, including Long Island Sound,[7] stand in for the East African coast; and while the production boasts a real camel in the desert scenes the buildings in the distance are clearly not African.

In the tomb scene in Part II where James Cruze as Leo Vincey looks upon the dead body of himself as Kallikrates, double exposure photography was used.