| Show dantes inferno that literary masterpiece dantes inferno will be presented in motion pictures at the bountiful opera house one night ni only monday february ath the production is in five reels and is paid to be the most remarkable motion picture ever manufactured when the idea of reproducing this work was first suggested it met with a storm of objections and criticisms it was pointed out that such a 21 task would cost an enormous bum of money that there were only liala a dozen art ests living c to whom he principal parts in the production could be safely t ni ri trusted th ill tt it us ni many of the scones in dances dantes inferno required unit animals nals such as a pan ther thera P lion ion a L wo wolf f sapt ants and othel 6 i would be e impossible to how them in afie uio pictures and that uch such things as frozen lakes pond 0 of bo 0 MO pitch or that tha t s such u ch I 1 ma go es that of cerberus or tbt the demon or th alij giants or lucia lucifer r terly beyond the possibilities V ol Thuman h uman art nev nevertheless rth eless the small band of rt ts who wio were inspired by a wish is to bring the charms and b beauties ut ps ot off dante home to the great t masses undertook the work and ud kept at it with a patience band and perseverance which could biot not be discouraged after many fail failures hires and after months ha had d be been spent in this endeavor two or ahree scones scenes were at last successfully filmed these scenes were among the hardest in the entire book aud and they were shown to the most pro prominent t dante societies throughout europe the doubters were soo soon n chati changed el ed into enthusiastic helpers arsand and the office and studio of the producers became a center for painters sculptors musicians lans scholars poets and authors all lending an eager hand to the completion of the work so courageously ageous ly begun a |
