I think this is _L'assinant de duc de Guise_, with an orignal score by Camille Saint-Saens. Scott On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, HrgSmes wrote: > for piece on violence in cinema > > need ASAP name of "serious" silent film supposedly aimed at audiences of > higher tastes which nevertheless contain a fair amount of violent footage > prefer l9l4 or prior > seem to recall a film made in france quite famous about the assassination of > the comte d'guise etc > > also the name of the commission formed in the l930s to investigate cinematic > violence and its impact > > many thanks > > hrgmd endit > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite