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Show i "HE BIRTH OF K A NATI01" mm ' Under the-dircction of J. J. McCar-. thy, general manager of D. W. Griffith's Grif-fith's theatrical interests, the overpowering over-powering work of this genius is about to be launched upon a world conquering conquer-ing campaign. Within tho next fortnight fort-night (personal representatives of Mr. Griffith will leave for widely separated sepa-rated continents to Inaugurate plans for a world's tour of this great spec-. spec-. ta,clo and to prepare ior othor things to come from the samo source. Theodore Wltcholl sails this week for London to transfer "The Birth of a Nation" from an outlying theater to ono of tho leading playhouses in London Lon-don and to , establish it there for an lndcflnlto run. The great spectacle has always aroused as much favorublo notice In England as It has in America. Ameri-ca. London will be the European headquarters for the Griffith work and before his return to America Mr, Mitchell will Inaugurate a force in England to handle the big work in all tho European countries as soon as conditions permit its presentation In other nations. About a fortnight later, George Bowles, who handled the Griffith production pro-duction during its memorable run in please, will sail for Australia to establish es-tablish the far western branch of the great spectacle and to Introduce "The Birth of a Nation" to the Antipodes. Before he returns, Mr. Bowles will Plan tours of all the British colonial country in the Pacific and will arrange ar-range for an oriental tour of the spectacle spec-tacle Guy Croswell Smith will sail for Bruenos Aires, Argentina, South1 America, to start the campaign in the Latin-American countries and to pave tho way for great tours of tho countries coun-tries In the southern half of the western west-ern hemisphere. Messrs. Bowles and Smith expect to be gone several yoarB before they return to America. on |
