Show FIRST PERFORMANCE OF INTOLERANCE I NEXT WEEK Griffiths Griffith's Masterpiece Covers Four Ages of History Required Five Years NEW YORK Aug IB D. D W W. Griffith Griffith Griffith Grif Grif- has completed arrangements with Klaw R Erlanger to take over the Liberty theatre for the season 19 1916 17 6 beginning August 21 21 His first production production production pro pro- there will be the new colossal spectacle Intolerance which he designates as a a. sun play of the ages Griffith has been at work upon this story I story for over five years It is an original idea consisting of parallel narratives narratives nar nar- coming down through four ages in the worlds world's development The connecting link between the past and present reveals that the same force which has created crises in the worlds world's affairs Is at work today In this production production production pro pro- Griffith has set a new mark and created his most ambitious achievement Greater backgrounds have been made for his action than were ever revealed before In his principal principal principal prin prin- cipal scenes he has utilized more people people people peo peo- than were ever seen in an any production pro pro- Tells Modern Story Intolerance will be presented for forthe forthe forthe the first time at the Liberty theatre on Tuesday night August 22 This is the production which has been referred to heretofore as The Mother and the Law a title which was used solely for working purposes It tells a modern modern modern mod mod- ern story of striking local color and stirring detail which depicts the suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering and adventures of a young couple who happen to be caught In Inthe Inthe inthe the whirlpool of so called social re reform re- re form The effort to thwart the law of individual destinies is the force which brings the young lovers and others into a sequence of events which en engulf engulf engulf en- en gulf them In this Griffith has shown a keen Insight into prevalent conditions conditions conditions condi condi- and In illustration of his theme has painted a picture which will startle the world orld by its realism In joining his modern story to ancient events rents Griffith has made a wide departure from all stage construction construction construction con con- of the past He elaborates upon his original invention of the switch back to flash parallel narratives narratives narratives narra narra- tives of the fall of Babylon the advent advent advent ad ad- vent of the Nazarene into Judea and the Massacre of St St. Bartholomew in Paris In 1572 1573 In each locale he introduces in introduces introduces in- in characters to the protagonists of his modern story and shows them engulfed in the same vortex vortex vortex vor vor- tex of Intolerant opinions which are the negative re forces to his main theme Historic Scenes Accurate The historic surroundings of these various periods are presented in elaborate elaborate elaborate rate and accurate detail The work I of research to give authority to these scenes was carried on by bv a corps of experts over a period of the past three or four years These writers furnished Mr Griffith with over six volumes of the latest condensations upon the different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent subjects and it was this data that he worked upon His Babylonia Is brought up to the very latest discoveries discoveries discoveries dis dis- and histories of the leading university expeditions to the ruins which are being excavated His scenes in and about Jaffa and Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusa Jerusa- lem will give a pictorial color to the Holy Land which has never been re revealed revealed re- re before and his background for forthe forthe forthe the massacre In Paris shows the quarters quarters quarters of old Paris In minute detail from prints and descriptions of the times which are of vast value for their fidelity Some of the greatest characters In Inthe Inthe inthe the worlds world's development are pictured at war with the irresistible currents of thought which dominated their ages and all lead to the approaching era of individual responsibility tempered with the mutuality of brotherly understanding understand understand- In ing between them The entire conception Is poetic and epical investing a newer understanding understand understand- ing of the past and present with a amore amore amore more direct force than was dreamed possible until this method perfected by Griffith came to hand It will be staged with that attention to detail which marks the Griffith productions and its emotional messages will be carried carried carried car car- ried by an orchestral score equal In every demand to the tho range and sweep of the book |