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Anthony and Cleopatra Synopsis
Cleo's nose, stung by a bee concealed in a bouquet given her by Julius Caesar, swells up and has to be fixed by her beauty doctor, who tries out several shapes before he finds one that appeals to the historical vamp. Anthony arrives on the scene, cuts Caesar out with Cleo and runs away with her down the Nile in his two-oared galley. Caesar sics his pet alligator on the fleeing couple, the boat breaks in half, and Mark manages to capture the reptile. As the two rivals gamble for Cleopatra's hand, she runs off with Ramesis in his Ford chariot, but the machine breaks down and Cleo, like many other girls since, has to walk home.
The Flame Synopsis
In Paris an orphan cartoonist loves a man with a mad wife, who dies in time to prevent her marriage to a jilted Comte.
"Anthony and Cleopatra" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Flame" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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