Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-11-10 | Page 15 | 'Hallelujah,' Story of South, at the Victory

TV 11 1 1 I Hallelujah Story of South at the Victory The Ilie theatrical event of the tho season season sea Iea son son opens today at the Vict Victory y i-y theatre the tha- the the-I atre Heralded as tho the all talking d dancing epic of tho the south King Vid rs r's Hallelujah opens a four day engagement at th the 3 VIctory Vic Vie tory Novelty an and In drama combine com corn bine to make this epic film Um the best and most unusual of ot its typo cV ever everto r to be presented on on the tho living I screen King ICing VId Vidor r who was re- re for The Big Parade both wrote and land directed this soul- soul searching living living- narrative Immortalizing the tho colored race King ICing Vido has depicted every pha phase e of the lives of oC these people Th Their lr pl picturesque ture lives lIve th their ir fierce loves Joves their joyous carefree pu pursuit s lt of happiness happinesS' th their Jr hates and passions passion's passions pas pus alone sion's au all aU finding dram dramatic Uc expression alo Ion sion against vivid backgrounds of oZ or cabarets cotton fields gaming houses much houses much of the picture hayIng having hay hav In ing actually been photographed at t Memphis l and other authentic loca loca- tion Daniel Haynes noted negro singer sing slug er plays the central cOntral character Nina Mae McKinney a 1 covered by Mr Vidor VIdo in lh the nightclubs night nightclUbs clUbs of or Harlem m has tho the J leading adin feminine role In addition the celebrated cele ccle- pixie Dixie Jubilee Singers Vie Viet Vic torla torn well known colored recording artist and other ther noted performers will appear in the pie pic ture Because of the ho gigantic of its Its' theme and the tho true greatness of ot Its direction an and acting Ha elu Jah jab can call truthfully be mended a as the tho one oue production th the that e everyone sl should o make mako It Jt a a. point to witness during d Its Us four day day en cn nt tim tho Victory theatre