"Brown Amusement Company Presents … A Master Picture in Seven Parts."
In 1914 Brown Amusement Company of Summit, NJ opened the Lyric Theater at 23 Beechwood Road, for exclusive showing of moving pictures. The theater burned down in 1951. The film was released in the United States in 1913 under various titles, including "Satan," "Satan, the Destroyer of Humanity." The original Italian version, by Ambrosio Films, was directed by Luigi Maggi, written by Guido Volante, starring Rina Alby, Antonio Grisanti and Mario Bonnard (as Satan); photography by Giovanni Vitrotti; inspired by John Milton's "Paradise Lost."