- Paramount Presents Its Amazing SOUND Special 'THE PATRIOT'
- These Characters Will Fascinate You! EMIL JANNINGS - Cruel, brutal, but also pathetic. The mad Czar who holds all Russia in his tyrannical grasp. FLORENCE VIDOR - An exotic beauty of the court. The Czar's favorite! Betrayed by her lover, she becomes a thorn in the hands of the conspirators! LEWIS STONE - Prime Minister and trusted friend of the mad Czar, who conspires against the monster ruler of Russia. NEIL HAMILTON - Heir to the throne. Worshipped by the Russians. The only man who can hold the government from self-destruction.
- Behind the door he crouches while his trusted advisers plot to kill him He is a Czar, appointed of God, yet he trembles at each new step upon the stairs. A stirring chapter from the archives of Russia, with Emil Jannings out doing his best. (Print Ad- Camden Herald, ((Camden, Me.)) 1 November 1928)
- EMIL JANNINGS, conceded to be one of the world's greatest character actors, gives his most remarkable performances as Czar Paul I, the mad monarch of Russia with the heart of a child and the brain of a tiger. Jannings is superb! His portrayal outshines the brilliance of all his previous character studies. You will marvel at this famous actor's tremendous range of emotions-from supreme exaltation to the utmost depression. (Print Ad-Journal-Herald, ((Delaware, Ohio)) 24 October 1928)
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