Show BIRTH OF A NATION at the salt lake theatre salt lake city conference week triumph return of D W griffiths esth wonder of the world the birth of a nation special for or ConLe conference rence weak starting wednesday april ath I 1 for Forna many any years american arama ests wrote able plays of particular sta test cities or localities rafig ranga 1 ing from alabama to the Il henrietta enrietta and nd from way down east to the great divide but no ous one man I 1 seemed to grasp the whole spirit and genius of america until david wark griffith picked a suggestion for his is theme out of dixons the leopards leopard s spots and the clansman and started to develop it A remarkable thing about mr air griffiths plan is that words except tor for leaders and titles do not enter into it perhaps words have cramped rather than aided previous fictionists and dramatists at any rate he replaced speech with music and the old fashioned stage action and scenery by the action of thousands of players in the great out of doors in brief ho he staged the great battles struggles and critical events of under tinder conditions as nearly as possible similar to the original the result of mr griffiths effort is s a now and stupendous art for which nc adequate name has yet been found the birth of a nation combines spectacle romance domestic drama comedy tragedy music and mechanical effects into harmonious ensemble 8 that captivates equally the eye and the ear in a representation lasting 2 hours and 45 minutes it epitomizes the life of a nation this Is something the old art could never do the obsolete so called stage unities are thrown to the winds and griffith carries the magnificent story from the introduction tro of cf african slavery right down thru the civil war and reconstruction st days to the final real union of south and north in the bonds of love and peace among the distinguished actors are henry D i walthall lillian gish mae alae marsh miriam cooper mary aldon alden josephine crowell ralph lowies joseph jor raoul walsh donald crisp howard gaye george walter long elmer clifton and robert herron eighteen thousand people horses and no less than scenes went into the making of the big spectacle conference visitors come prepare I 1 to witness the worlds greatest apse maclo of a lifetime |