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Show llllllllllll lllll I 11BHRIBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMII1RII1BH B - , . . . 5 H m H H I D. W. GRIFFITH Presents : I "WAY DOWN EAST" ! m H : A Simple Story of Plain People h Elaborated by Mr. Griffith from the Stage Play by Lottie Blair Parker. Scenario by Anthony Paul Kelly. a sa B .a " TIME AND PLACE In the Story World of Make-Believe. jj ! CHARACTERS Nowhere Yet Everywhere. INCIDENTS Never Occurred Yet Often Happening. B u D , " CHARACTERS AND PLAYERS h (In the order of their first appearance) Z m Anna Moore Lillian Gish ; David Bartlett Richard Barthelmess Her Mother Mrs. David Landau Martha Perkins Vivia Ogden n Z Mrs. Tremont Josephine Bernard Seth Holcomb Porter Strong g Diana Tremont Mrs. Morgan Belmont v , , T jjuuid . xieinuui & Reuben Whipple George Neville Z Her Sister Patricia Fruen 11 & h The Eccentric Aunt Flornce Short !' U" ' Edgar Nelson Z Lennox Sanderson Lowell Sherman Kate Brewster Mary Hay Z Squirie Bartlett Burr Mcintosh Professor Sterling Creighton Hale Mrs. Bartlett -- Kate Bruce Maria Poole -. ..Emily Fitzory J & M - B Entire Production Under the Personal Direction of Mr Griffith j" ; . ' Photography by G. W. Bitzer and Hendrik Sartov. Gowns Worn by Miss Gish in Prologue Designed by g 5 Technical Director, Frank Wbrtmann. O'Kane Cromwell h Art Direction by Charles 0. Seessel and Clifford Pember and Executed by Bendel and Madame Lisette. Z Decorative Titles by Victor Georg. Music Composed and Selected by Louis Silvers & Wm. F. Peters- ssembly Department James and Rose Smith. The fiddler and many of the merrymakers in country dance a Gowns in Prologue by Lady Duff Gordon ("Lucile") scenes are from White River Junction, Vermont, where the old S Furs in Prologue by Otto Kahn, Inc., of New York. dances are still very popular. a M S3 Management, D. W. Griffith Incorporated, Albert h. Grey, General Manager 3 3 m H : . . - . : K a 5 OPINIONS OF FOREMOST CRITICS FROM COAST TO COAST 3 a u n Note Conforming to Mr. Griffith's established policy, his organization jnvaribly retrains : m . from expressing any praise in public print unlcsss quoting from recognized critics of the press. . '.':' H B 0 THE STORY THE ART CREATIONS " New York Times (Sept. 4, 1920): "It is worked out with that "Mr. Griffith produces pictures of startling beauty that suggest same storytelling art, that imagination, sense of beauty and ingenuity famous landscapes painted by masters" (New York Evening Tele- of craftsmanship which have made Griffith's name a great one. The gram.) "The pastrol beauty of the rustic scenes almost literally j audience sat in rapture to watch its unfolding here. It is uncommonly brought the whiff of yiac and appleblossoms into the auditorium" a -' well done and the effect is breathtaking." . (Los Angeles Reocrd.) a "From the slow lifting of the certain amid the plaintive strains . "Many of the country scenes suggest Carot paintings with their b ..-"of 'Home" Sweet Home,' to its fall amid the tumultuous cheers of a misty trees and luminous atmosphere" (San Francisco Chronicle.) H s ""'" wildly enthusiastic audience, 'Way Down East' is more than a motion "Full of exquisitely beautiful scenes, composed with rare skill" (New picture it is a story of human hearts, unfolded in a simple, soul- York Evening Post.) "The scenes are wondrously beautiful" (New n reaching way, under the master guidance of D. W. Griffith. It will go York Journal of Commerce.) Z Ihundering down the age sjust because it is so human." Boston Travel- "It reveals much beautiful scenery and the kind of photography n er(Sept. 21, 1920.) and arrangement for which Griffith is famous" (Chicago Tribune.) H Editorial in the Boston Post (Sept. 28, 1820) by Edwin A. Grozier, " 'Way Down East' has numerous undreamed-of effects" (New York editor and publisher of the Post: "This remarkable film should be Tribune.) seen by everybody; it is clean, sweet and beautiful; enlivened by "Mr. Griffith has staged his story In a series of pictures that j humor and thrilling beyond description. When this art reaches so might well hang on the wall" (New York Evening Mail.) " 'Way high a standard the Post deems it a duty to publicly commend it." Down East' is a beautiful vision; the soft lanscapes of a Carot, the J Z "He has woven a glorious symphony; he has made a tumultuous humanity of a Millet, are to be found in every reel" (Los Angeles rhapsody out of an uncouth strain of melody" (Amy Leslie in the Examiner.) " H Chicago Daily News.) THE PLAYING 5 THE PLAY'S RECEPTION - N "It is an all-star cast which carries outthe story and quite eclipses "It is enough to raise the hair on a man's head and raise the man any cast that ever appeared on the speaking stage" (New York out of his seat "New York Herald.) "It is the most amazing spectacle Evening Telegram.) ever seen on sea or land or on any moving picture screen" (Alison "The most satisfactory quality of this screen masterpiece is its J Z Smith in the-New York Globe.) very marked realism. No one overacts and every one in the carefully "The greatest thing ever screened is the ice jam on a swirling selected company is true to type" (New York Sun.) "The acting 2 Z river of inky darkness" (Chicago Journal.) "There is no rival to is of the first order" (New York Journal of Commerce.) a Griffith. There is never a dull second. If you turn your head or "Excellent company who take part in this great Griffith feature" close your eyes you miss something vital." (Fred J. Mclsaac in the (Los Angeles Times.) "The acting of the cast contributes without Z Boston American.) "Nothing so dramatic has torn the composure exception to the progress of the story and raises the merit of the whole" m of a San Francisco audience and stirred it to madness in recent yeasr" ( (Boston Trascript.) Z (San Francisco Chronicle.) "The cast of 'Way Down East' is one of artists" (Chicigo American.) I FAIRVIEW TPr TfVsJ Tf m-PIeasant s i Thurs.Feb.1 f P3 , JVi - Feb. 2 & 3 S Matinee at 3:30 P. M. J ) SrS j WvZ Jb dS C Matinee at 3:30 P. M. Z 10c and 25 cents Both Days n u wrm n n f "TP" f? P 10c and 25 cents Z Eve. Prices 15c & 35c ) IWI V AA b I U U U LamLA U UUL- Eve pices 15c & 35c " v s 5 ; " . , . Quill umuuuMmUMUUUUUuumunMunuunMmnmuummm'mammuamuuuuuuumuuuumKuuuuummmmmumumuuumafBBsaaia |