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Show GRIFFITH TO PRODUCE A NEW PLAY J. W. Grimth announced by wire f,r9m .Nw Yo Thursday, to J. A. Drehanjr nl Sau Francisco, ills Pacific Paci-fic coast T'iSroentatlviVw'h6 is dl-rcclliiR dl-rcclliiR the western ,nnd .Canadian to'urs'.orJWuV Iowii1rr1" that the noxt product'lon fie'ls lo maho'follo'w Ing "Dream Street," a story of tho Lime House dlsfrlct In "London, from two op Thomas Burke's tales In the Lime IIoubc Night; which Is . now nearlnfi completion, will be i spectacular spec-tacular prwentatlou of auetho'D Fausu Mr. Orimth says he will follow fol-low tlh original' ti-xt of Goethe closer clos-er than It has been o'lm-rved In cither cith-er operatic or dramatic teiMous of this world! famous narrative which has beeji iRiojvn t6 'theatre; and opera patrons ''I i For hlsnrtislcal 'ettln1S to this work, the screen ptoductlnn will bo Wirliinnlzed to Gounod's otterntlc i core which Is the best known of nil imiKlcnl Intijrpretattons of the Kaun: legend. . ' Tho selection of Fausl as his next hip ptoductlon In tho opinion of theatrical the-atrical personnKPs and screen experts wllhfclve Mr. Grimth an opportunity SKvitor In scope than was provided by "The Ulrth of u Nation,"' "IlroU-en "IlroU-en 111osboiu," "lleartH of the World" or even his stupendous production of "Way Down Kat," which Is shattering shat-tering all nttendauce records trhoiiKh out America. "Way Down Kast" ban rvcelvcd .the most e,traonllnary prnUu from critics ever recorded In the history of the clmtmn world, ' |