Show II America Ame ica Opens Opens' Today at American AmericanA A really worth while picture opens at the American theatre to today today to- to to 1 day when I D. D W V Griffiths Griffith's America America Amer ica lea will be shown The Eastern crItics proclaim America the greatest of all of Griffiths Griffith's Yorktown historic Virginia S ham iam hamlet amlet am- am let of Revolutionary fame nestling on the James river Is aroused For ForIt It Its few hundred inhabitants who hitherto have counted the passage of time by the two gr great at events of I its career its career its place in Revolutionary Revolution Revolution- ary history and the establishment of ot a submarine mine base nearby during the World war what war what they consider the third outstanding event of ot history the history the filming there thereby thereby thereby by D. D W W. Yo Griffith of ot scenes for tOt America I And now Yorktown wants to be beI become become be- be come a second Hollywood I Historic houses standing since I 1770 formerly pointed out to visitors vis via i Hors as the places where Washington Washing Washing- i ton slept sIc ate or vIsited are now i proudly exhibited a as th the mansions where Griffith took such And such sucha a scene Acene with various local dignitaries Revolutionary Revolutionary de descendants as as actors S The quaint old church practically practical practical- ly Unchanged since the first service was held th there re In the early is today locally more moie famous as the place where Griffith arid and his staff attended a a. Sunday service than as the meeting house where WashingtOn's Washington's Washing Washing- I tons ton's staff once knelt in praye prayer There is no newspaper in Yorktown Yorktown York- York town but the intimate te details of f the scenes Griffith made of how how- he and every member ma of his large company looked acted and what they said and ate are known to every Inhabitant Motion pictures are the sole topic of ot conversation and their participation patton pation in the film which D D. W W. Griffith made is the proudest boast of ot the oldest families Even the departure of ot Griffith and his cohorts failed to bring normalcy normalcy normalcy nor nor- malcy back to this once slumbering slumbering slumber slumber- ing now ambitious hamlet For its people gone movie mad are convinced it is to become a a. motion picture Center c of vast vist st importance |