| Show ri riAd 01 Ad Adr V r r r A theA of the Faithful Pic Scenes Staged Lure of Stir Stir- Stirl the Very yg l 0 v Cyr r t ring events of n- n 6 daces the 4 Biblical Times Scriptures t tt tta a Describe as t a l a ai r i A w J Ii o i ki c k ky ka kF a y F t tc r t e rJ t lo ba a 1 x rJ tIn as V Y v wP T i x u 1 y j f ei y d S 4 P 1 aIl t ar P 3 A 7 7 r f f p JPy F r rF rj tt j 7 F t tg s WF v gr r p JP n g t tI V VZ Z 9 r K w a x 4 I q N 4 C st 4 a M 4 3 r x A r S tr lr d k kY y C CI y A swI t 2 I kw a k mw N w o Y The impressive ive and nd accurate fIlm portrayal of the feast fead at which Joseph entertained his treacherous brethren ro t after they found him in Egypt And Jozeph's b brethren drank and were merry with him Genesis 34 s s oi- oi 1 x J if 1 I 1 Y t fr 7 4 47 i p y j d 4 P 1 c nw F Q n e f f 9 r i rC i y ro roD y D t 4 r iA a k C i Yi l- l t y Y 7 y JI re I Lh t irN 4 i fl 1 f 4 l tJ 1 f l Esau the mighty hunter who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a mess of pottage I SHANKS HANKS to the enterprise of a THANKS T group of Italian producers the tho theOld Old Te Testament days with Ith all their drama and their religious and historical significance have been made vividly real for us In what is believed belle to be bo the most elaborate and impressive series senes of mo mo- mo- mo motion motion motion tion pictures ever made of a Biblical subject The first of these films to reach this country were given a private showing a afew afew afew few days ago at Columbia University In New York and the they were received WIth the most enthusiastic approval by the scholars and clergymen who were Invited to see them Everybody Iver body marveled at the skill and intelligence which have been used in producing the these e pictures and at atthe atthe the tho lavishness with which money has hils been spent to make them historically ac- ac accurate accurate ac accurate curate and full of vivid realism In these films the task of reproducing in one harmonious whole hole all the greatest events of the Old Testament story has been undertaken with astonishing success suc- suc success suc success cess They begin with the creation of the world and the days das of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and carry the spectator on through the times of Noah Moses Joseph Solomon and many of the other great figures whose dramatic dra- dra drai dra dramatic i matic careers hold hot hold such fascination for forus forus us When these pictures were first shown in Rome some objection was raised to them largely on the ground that the with Adam and Eve Ive In Inthe inthe inthe the days before they had put on their leafy aprons vere were wc-e too daring But when Pope Benedict saw them them-at them at his special he request he had only a few minor changes to suggest in one or to two of the After these had been made the Pope Is said to ha hate ha e given the pictures hiS hearted whole hearted approval al and expressed profound satisfaction that the Old Testa Testa- Testament Testament Testament ment story should have havo ha e been treated In such a reverent re way ay and at the same time without sacrificing any of its dra dra- dramatic dra- dra dramatic dramatic matic interest This aeries series of Old Testament films which has haa been brought to this Uns country by the National Non Theatrical Motion Pictures Inc is 15 said to have cost more than to produce In their mak mak- makIng mak- mak making making ing teiS t n directors eight scenario writers fifteen photographers 2600 men roen women children actors and thousands of supernumeraries were ere employed over a period of five fire years The production was under the personal sup super en ision mon of PIetro Antonio Gariazzo and he had the active assi assistance tance of the Italian government In financial and other ways ays Nothing was Wal left undone that could The wicked wicked- wickedness wickedness ness before the flood floodas as shown in inthe inthe inthe the new movies And God saw that the wickedness of man was greet great m in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually Genesis viS vi 5 d w t i i 4 4 C 9 J Js s l J lo a t W 1 A C a F r my tf e Y 4 FW nM r X 1 q i w r L be beyA yA h V Sd t Fr F t Y x ah L W 6 r Ar 6 2 yF a bA A b i f x Wi w Sh w o 9 48 WS ky Si f 4 v s 4 say b bK K The fate that overtook Lot Lots Lot's wife after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah But hi his wife looked back from behind him and a pillar of salt Genesis six 26 possibly add to the realism and hl historical accuracy of the film story In order to so- so secure se secure cure the most authoritative Information to gUide them the directors and writers made trips all over the world to seek the advice of the most distinguished archaeologists arch and students of Biblical history These films are believed to represent all the best knowledge the modern world has been able to gather concerning the conditions of life in Egypt Palestine and the adjacent countries thousands of years ago A great great many of the most impressive scenes were staged in the very legions where the actual events ale described in the Bible as taking place for example a large company of ac- ac actors actors ac actors tors was taken talen into the heart of the Sahara Desert There with the assist assist- assistance anco ance of genuine sand stOrms storms and end hun hun- hundreds hundreds hundreds of wild Arab tribesmen they put on a number of the scenes that called for a desert setting One of the most remarkable of these desert scenes was filmed in the crater of an extinct volcano Actors and directors braved the dan dan- dangers dangers dangers gers of an ascent of Mount Sinai in order to show Moses 1 the Ten Commandments from Jehovah just as we weare weare weare are told that he did didIn didin didin In the Book of Ex- Ex Exodus Exodus Ex Exodus odus They posed be- be before be before fore fare the camera on the banks of the Nile under the cedars of Lebanon along the streets of Jerusalem and in many other hIstoriC spots The operation co-operation of the Italian govern govern- government government government ment proved of the greatest value In obtaining access to these dis far I tant places as well as as in securing the assistance of whole tribes of Arabs and other native peoples who w h o s e picturesque costumes add so much to the Interest of these Bible films Wherever properties had to be cre cre- created cre- cre created created to give the necessary realism to a scenes scene's setting they were carefully mod mod- modeled modeled modeled from such antique originals as are areto areto areto to be found in any of the worlds world's world museums mu- mu museums mu museums This care resulted in some re- re remarkable re remarkable effects particularly in the case of the scenes showing the destruction of the wicked cities es of Sodom and Go Gomor- Gomor Gomorrah Gomor Gomorrah or rah by fire and brimstone But the camels lions hons snakes and other animals that appear in fn n th the films arc no mere property creatures borrowed for Cain Cam the first fast murderer And et Below carne came to pass when they were in the Joseph field that Cain Cam rose up against manfully Abel his brother and slew him hen hun resisting Genesis iv 8 the wiles o editor of The Christian Herald is one Potiphar's wife of many progressive clergymen who think these should be a aB place in every church for forM I forI motion pictures dealing 1 8 M- M B I in a reverent and au- au auB tr B way with a acal f cal subjects X y The use of the motion t 1 picture in the church f i says the Rev Dr Sheldon as I I a part of its regular service r l 1 either on Sunday or during the thet week i ls is fully justified on fr ac-fr- ac- ac aca account t a w j count of the nature of the tho ma ma- ma may it ui y 4 tenal which the minister has given to him in the very Bible I itself t ti i Probably there is no other book in the world no 1 i ro other collection of writ writ- ing mg which contains so soE soil E TsA much dramatic material 4 r NHia w Jt S t y Y if t tf f i is w rf l ri ro roa 4 a Et the purpose from some Borne circus menag menag- menagerie menagerie menagerie erie or park In most cases they are the real thing photographed bythe by bythe bythe the camels camela men just as they appear day today day in their native native haunts Religious leaders of many different faiths are anticipating with keen inter Inter- Interest interest interest est the aid they expect their cause to re- re receive receive re receive from these motion pictures Many clergymen are pla planning to show them in their thell churches and Sunday schools und and are counting on them to bring about a tremendous revival of Interest in ln the theOld theOld theOld Old Testament story and the tho great moral truths it lt teaches The Rev Dr Charles M 1 Sheldon now by 5 stones stories and ll AaI tons as the Bible It is m rn I Pt the very largest sense a ah ai h a great collection oft of t life stories orio of real w r mr i people 1 Indeed if we wet t t take out of the Old i t Testament the liter Mer p N ary and prophetic P 1 part of it we have haver 1 ii left the most moat aston uton- 1 it L g collection of biography telling 4 h the story of mans man's e y sin SID his hia virtues his Ilis passions his struggles struggles files to find God his earthly ambitions sor sor- sorro sorrows sorrows sor- rows ro rows ros s and Joys jOs jo s It IS doubtful if any story has ever been written by human hand which illustration contains more vivid material for foe illus illus- than that which is put into the minIsters minIster's hand to use in preaching When Jesus was on earth He lIe sized emphasized His teaching by telling stories These stories many of them can be made vivid by or in dra matic dramatic form and many of them have al- al al already ready been If It we vve go into the field of art we find great galleries filled with the e stories stories of r f the tha Bible which r impress the same things that Jesus taught agaIn It is not at all irreverent living place to suppose That hat if if Jesus or were out liv- liv hv of Ing day to-day In our modern modem world orld He would not hesitate to use a wonderful which science has discovered to impress means the same saml truths Uis which He lie taught in story form in simple language Tr T 1 L r l 1 w wf Y t 2 |
