Color Clips of Lillian Russell (ca. 1913); Sarah Bernhardt Chez Elle (ca. 1913, 2 mins); Mrs. Patrick Campbell--Screentest (ca. 1930, 10 mins), all 35mm.

Madame la Presidente
A farce of mistaken identity in which a certain French minister of justice lands in a compromising position between a beautiful actress and the wife of a judge, Madame la Presidente features Anna Held in the screen version of the play in which Fannie Ward had starred some years earlier. The film has suffered deterioration in parts, but it remains quite enjoyable, and an extremely rare record of Anna Held, who died in 1918, in her feature film debut. The New York Times described the French comedienne in a 1916 review of Madame la Presidente: “Her archness and piquancy are potent, and her Gallic shoulder shrugs and other natural mannerisms are expressive in the new medium. And the famous Held eyes! They shine and roll and express every degree of demureness as they do in life.”