| Show salt lake tabernacle and choir to he be used in film version of Gori Cori anton an interview with david A smith president of the choir by dr M marku some time in january a producers syndicate will commence filming Cori anton the play whose author 0 U 13 bean bean was hailed by literary critics as the american shakespeare and of whom one of the critics said he had out shake speared sp cared shakespeare the largest part of the filming will be done in the widely known DC bc forrest studios in long island but one part par will necessarily have to be done in salt lake city because the world fa famous in ous tabernacle organ and the great reat tabernacle choir will be used in the soun sound d synchronization of the film the play it ditc itc story atory it its Iii history story and its success arc common knowledge the story of 0 the p play lay is ta tab L en from the book of Alor mormon nion arp fr e and erroneously called tile the mormon bible in ill addition to being a religious docu inept tile lie hook 1100 of mormon is in some respects a history proven by archaeological discoveries tile the latest one ot of which is that ancient 11 city th remains of which have been otte served from the air by colonel Lindberg hin liis his recent flight over central benir al america jungles such re ewins pi pris rp eap exp expected to shed considerable sid erable light pil on the he american of f about half a shousan tho usan years before bafo tia christian era ilow diet did jt it come about that tile the presidency of tha church permitted tile he use of he great organ and the lie widely repute choir built and or organized anizel prini arz ily for sacred and religious purposes in so secular an undertaking a as a t movie this question caused me seek an authoritative ansy answer cr the logical plan man to give that answer is A smith ahe he president of the ilia tabernacle choir an interview was requested and graciously granted to the inquiry as to the reason for granting that great and valuable mr smith with a on n lip and a swift glarice glance in tile the direction 0 abo he publicity manager present at the diee answered an persuasion cheti quickly changing the course of liis his thought fron from humorous liu ti to 31 serious mr ir smith immediately continued alie ithe huna liag hai always beer interested te in the tha play op because its story is taken afro 61 ni aig 11 hook bouk I 1 of Alor mormon nion on tile the stagy stage the llie subject is visualized and thele fore forc more easily remembered if icen cell by 1 any it might give to many the jhc incentive ta want to know kev more about ancient ailcie nt aberra hat anirina Ani erica which is dealt in the bool af mormon Jorl lion and which is of unusual interest ana great grea t importance orta ilce to at american neriman alCha ests aside from religious angles the hook of mormon gives of ancient america q story that lias has been proven and A caged by many archaeological ti s co veries of our time students are working on the remains of the language spoken by the americans of thousands of years ago and are rummaging among old bits of pre historic writings digging out tile the meanings of hieroglyphics they find and restoring to something like grammatical order the various various scraps of words and phrases one day the meanings of buildings carvings sign writings and art reil rel acs ics will be fitted together like pice pica el c of a puzzle and everybody will be able 0 o read the story of america front from c centuries before christ down to columbus Is tile the interest in those things really of so general a nature was the next question the answer was if it is not we want to make it so that it does not confine it self to just a few is amply and convincingly vincin gly proven by the fact that so many people visit our tabernacle grounds and the organ recitals which we give in the tabernacle daily with the exception of sundays we have statistics showing that from a quarter to a half million people annually visit the recitals on oil account of this manifest interest we have made the elevating ing m music of that world famous organ accessible to larger numbers and wider circles by permitting on two occasions the victar r talking machine Coni company jany to make records of the choir and organ lately we have made tile the instrumental cital rital and vocal of organ and choir still more accessible tp anusic lovers in in general by lia having vin g it broadcast roa d cast oyer the lie rad radio io 1 jt have effect tetter letters after letters are coming coining to 0 o this office espre expressing asing thanks hanks ana ja gatior for the rare fare musical treat trea one letter jut received here goniea conies from a n ranged deep it in Cp adian for forests foerst a hundred or more piles away front from civilization this good ranger is thanking us for bringing high high class class music into his recesses of the forest so far away front from con fact with civilization the fa fabe bernac riia choir is known all al over the jo ot pilly through phonograph bedord records and I 1 adia but also through gl concerts chic file lie choir in years past pact has given in iii larga cities of the united states amon 9 the cities visited was washington D 1 C president taft was unable to attend the concert on account pf af previous engagements and after tile lie choir ali nir had performed sen senator aitor reed smoot came c q the diri director actor elling him ahat hat file he president would like to hear bear the lie choir and an d inviting us cosing that night in 16 the white house we went we were taken to the spacious tast cast room where the president inep beta senators aena tors and t s of the diplo liia ni ati 6 clips ats amb emb led to hear tear us it 11 fil had ad bee been i rl agree agreed I 1 4 that we sing two numbers number and after having finkliea fini fin klied lied them the president asked whether we doull not io do him the favor of singing some more PS course we did the next I 1 morning jh t aper ape plern tarried large str streamers earni r cs a aa p diplomatic cor corps s listen to mormon choir and critics paid high compliments to the singers singer that jay ay we had to sing in richmond Vir pinta whery th clergy of other bad p c acted t ed rc ular campaign ag against dinst pi us panf pa apt pig cormons mormons Mor forn ioni mons as black as they 1 co coald lid aln i warning people not to attend the concert put but japal account nt of these headlines arid and reports vt ve eliad A erphy cd house and the most gilt enthusiastic Usta a aubi elpi gie upon further questioning if mr ornith informed the he writer that ht the church is n maintaining the musical organization with threce pr pipit two 0 choristers cho ho and aboa hundred w r voices voice in n the pho choir ir anthony 0 3 lund will grec tho 9 choir when singing for synch arid and tracy Y cannon vill be sit t ahl he console the two wo men itce no no introduction to musician and 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