Show I CHURCHILL'S CRISIS I ITO TO BE RELEASED I H SHORTLY Y Film of Famous Novel Purchased Purchased Purchased Pur Pur- chased From Selig for Sherman Elliott Inc who recently re- re recently recently re re- purchased for a quarter of ofa a million dollars the the- William N. N Selig production The Crisis have opened offices at West second Forty-second street New York City and have perfected the plans for the exploitation ion of this production H. H A A. Sherman Sherman- announces he will will offer The i Crisis as a a. Broadway production shortly and wl will l rel release ase it on a state rights basis but will retain Chicago and all terri territories ori s west wh where re he will personally exploit this big film drama in a manner commensurate omm with its worth worth- using special music and and booking booking booking book book- ing the production in the same manner manner manner man man- ner as a theatrical company as he is isnow isnow isnow now doing with The Birth of a Nation Nation Nation Na Na- tion and Ramona The Crisis a ten-reel ten dealing with the period preceding the civil war and with the stirring incidents incidents incidents inci inci- dents of that conflict presents the greatest crisis in the life of the nation with splendid power and with a sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy a sincerity and a patriotism that are inspiring and which was triumphantly triumphantly triumph triumph- antly overcome The Crisis was produced by Colin Cotin Campbell under the personal direction of Mr Selig Those who have seen advance presentations of The Crisis Crisis' state that it is the most costly photodrama photodrama photodrama photo- photo drama that Selig has ever produced The making into a photodrama of The Crisis is a fitting climax to the great popularity attained by the book and the play seen throughout the country a few years ago The Crisis marked a departure in the field of fiction fiction fiction fic fic- tion and is considered the greatest work of Winston Vinston Churchill It took only a short time for me meto meto meto to decide to buy The Crisis declared Sherman recently for forThe The Crisis' Crisis is isa isa a a. great picture It is the practice of every film producer to refer to his latest production as equal to The Birth of a a. Nation I am not going to todo todo do that The Crisis' Crisis is a great enough conception that has been magnificently worked out and produced by a master producer to stand alone I will not limit limit limit lim lim- it its scope by reference to any film that may have gone before Added interest is is attached to the historical worth orth orthof of Tl The e owing owin to the fact th that thata f a company of Selig players went to Vicksburg where with the aid of the Mississippi national guard scenes called for by Winston Churchill's novel were filmed fUmed These scenes include the historical erected in and near Vicksburg during the civil war Over 2000 members members members mem mem- bers of the Mississippi state militia were engaged in the battle scenes The cast of players selected ed by Selig for The Crisis includes George W. W Fawcett as Judge Silas Whipple Matt B B. Snyder as Colonel Comyn Carvel Bessie Eyton as Virginia Carvel Thomas as Stephen Brice Eugenie Besserer as Stephen Brices Brice's mother Marshall Neilan as Clarence Colfax Frank Weed Veed as Eliphalet HOPper Hopper Hopper Hop HOP- per Will as Captain Lige Brent Sam D. D Crane as Abraham Lincoln Cecil Holland as Gen W. W T. T Sherman and others |