Crowns I The Crown of Roses

Framed in a wreath of roses we see a lithe Creek dancer who sways and postures before an epicurean party of ancients followed by a laurel wreath and encircling a scene showing school children of 1830 receiving their marks of diligence at a distribution of rewards then the wreath of bay tendered by the Human Senators to Caesar on the culmination of his career now a beggar receives a loaf called a crown from a charitable passerby Christ is shown crowned with thorns by the rabble following the divine drama we see the old comedians wreath presented him at a performance The next view shows the Emperor Charlemagne crowning his son Lewis The film closes with the wreath of orange blossoms encircling a bridal party