Show I FROM I THE TilE MANGER TO THE TilE CROSS In presenting any sacred theme theme- theme on canvas as an the stage or in motion the pictures the work must be approached approach eJ ed with reverence truthfulness and completeness worthy the as- as aspiration aspiration as aspiration and this is particularly arly true when the Christ is the central figure In the making of the wonder picture From the Manger MangerI to the Cross and its presentation to the public the producers kept this truth constantI constantly in mind The tre- tre tremendous tremendous tre tremendous undertaking was approached with a profound consciousness of re- re responsibility re responsibility The result is a pIcture a masterpiece that has won the uni- uni universal universal uni universal versal commendation and praise of the Church the Clergy and the lay lay- laynan layman lay layman nan man man In pre preparing ring the series of scenes which connectedly suggest epochal events in the life tife of Jesus of Na- Na Nazareth Nazareth Na Nazareth zareth various authorities were con con- con con- consulted consulted consulted special mention of obligation being accredited to in the mat mat- matter matter ter of color costuming and group group- ings groupings and to Herr in points of architecture The scenes presented in every possible instance are arc photo photo- photographs photographs photographs graphs of authentic locations and the spectator may confidently feel that he heis heis heis is beholding a representation of that Holy Land where once the Immortal Nazarene was where born born where once lie He lived and and where once lIe He died From the Manger l to the Cross was made in its entirety in Egypt and the Holy Land The work e e e- e eight months C f rc IC in- in industry in industry dust y the employment ment of specialists in authoritative research hundreds of supernumeraries droves of sheep a car caravan an 1 of camels camels-a camels a kaleidoscopic procession No effect or expense was spared to achieve the realization ofa of a high ideal The professional actors who went to the Holy Land number number- numbered numbered numbered ed less than a the score score the lesser char char- characters characters characters and the crowds were played by natives garbed as in the time oj of Christ The United States Govern Govern- Government Government Government ment through its State Department cooperation secured the assistance and opera co opera co-opera cooperation tion of the officials in the countries and locations visited Armed J g gards g-ards g ards frequently were necessary when 11 ithe the company visited overrun by ban ban- bandits bandits ban bandits Atmospheric conditions were found to be he unusually the good good the most ideal for photography photograph of any place inthe in inthe inthe the world world and and wonderfully clear and sharply cut negatives were the result Bountiful Theatre this Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday Sunday day evening June at |