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Show P -v" 7-r ti rrv-rs tt'to an pcirtie B 1 er'-- wort isAt tbt-r -rrar SACRED PICTURES TO BE mm m this city H "From the Manger to She Cross" Said H to be the Best of Kind Ever Dis- Hj playedManager Sims to be the mm Host to Press and the Ministers H o! City in Private Exhibition at the H Globe Theater Saturday Afternoon I A little company of n hundred or more persons representing church, press and a few interested persons win be guests of the Globe theate Saturday afternoon to view a preliminary prelim-inary and complimentary exhibit ol thr Kalem motion i;ltjres. ' From the Manger to th? Cross." The pictures are now lr:n., shown all through the cost and Bouth and the follov.lns article from the Springfield Spring-field State Journal will eive some Idea of It3 grandeur and the expense and difficulties under which this picture pic-ture was taken. The picture loving public of Ogden will no doubt appre. elate their privilege of being able to see this wonderful production at the Globe theater for four days beginning Easter Sunday, March 23, to vVednes day. March 26 To those who saw (ho firmc at their first presentation t,e produu 'fn. taken tak-en from actual B' enes in the Hoh Land, was remarkable The pictures are clear, and from the anclenl Egyptian Egyp-tian pyramids and tie famous Sphlr . shown plainly p.s brke:round in 6ev cral scenes, to the amaJng effect of walking upon the waters, produced by a special blending of picnics, the In terest is Intense Those who saw tbe pictures expressed beiief that they will exert a marked influence upon motion picture patrons, even though there may be- a difference of opinion as to details of the events of Christ s 1 Interesting Story Told. 1 Tn presenting to the public this I wonderful re pro sent. it n of the life 1 of Christ, the Kalem people point oui I a few Interesting facts In connection j with its production Tho tremendous undertaking -nterecl upon by the pro- jj ducors of thiB great film, containing I' about eighty thousand pheioprrnph i. I has roquired eight months of artistic 1 Industry, the employment of special- ists In authoritiitlve research, fori, u I tors, hundreds of supernumeraries. H droTes of sheep and a c.iravan no I I I effort ncr expt-nditurp has been spared spar-ed to achieve the realization of a hish I ideal. . II ail of the many authorities upon th- "t . subject were consulted, nnd tbe works ' of tho late Dr. Schick and Tissot. the -' great fronc h painter, who spent 1 2 -'(,"''.' 7ears in the Holy Land when he was I - painting his remarkable series of rc I H llglous pictures, were found mo&t I I I helpful. The furniture used In the I H various scenes was specially made to resemble as far as possible, that user! I at the start of the Christian era, while I H tho apparel of the various actors was I designed and made under the dlrec ' J tlon of a tailor of Cairo, who is the j greatest expert on ancient eastern i dress, and went especially to Pales- rlne to co-operate with the producer?. I The setting of tbe temple sceneB J was built according to the deiatln giv- I en In Dr. Schick's workn. and It is tyn- j leal of the thoroughneBS with whi h the taking of this film was carried out. that a building, which had taken a month to erect, was pullod flown af ter a scene lasting ten minutes had j been pictured therein. Clergymen See Pictures Taken. ; The demeanor of tbe population I throughout was of the most reverent HI character Clergymen of all faiths I 'J who hapjone-d to be in Palestine when Jt I ri" taking of the pictures bean. siay- y cd, many of them, until ih- limab. and were of great assistance to the pro- ; .tJ inotcre by reason of their sp- lal 'tj knowledge. . -Ji POT the pictures representing the .'S High' Info Egypt the company Jour- !t-3 neyed to the land of tbe Pharaohs, and these early scenes were actually pictured pic-tured under the shadow of the Sphinx .and pyramids. One notes particularly in these pictures the wonderlul group ing of the crowd. This BUCcesa is entirely en-tirely due to the religious effect which the piny had upon the dwellers In the Hoh Land Mr Bland, the young English actor who took the part of the Savior, in recounting some of his experiences writes in part: So far as was possible in tbe ab sence of any certain knowledge, the location of the scenes was the same as thai in which the incidents portrayed actually took place The Kalem company com-pany had a letter from the white house to thf governor of .Jerusalem, asking that all assistance be given to them, and as showing ihe interest taken tak-en by the authorities in tho Holy Iaud the studio was visited b the governor and bis staff, the reliicus judge of Jerusalem, the American consul all the principal residents in tbe cit and b priests and clergy of every creed, who were kind enough to compliment me on my presentment. "It must not be thought that the pictures are all studio taken. tin studio hlnr; used only for the con 8tructlon of buildings which hao since been pulled down The raajorlts of the scenes were of course in the open street or country As showing the realin nnd fldolt with which we WQrked, I carried tho crops a timber iiiievn iri-i iuiih t -II uicin-n nje ano five inches thick up the incline of the Via Dolorosa, having to halt five times on m staggering journey At the end 1 was physically exhausted, all the skin being rubbed off my shoulder, shoul-der, while I had a bad sprain of the side "Soldiers and police kept the crowd back In those scenes while, when I Collapsed In the Vio Dolorosa, th nuns from the convent of St. Veronw ;i brought cut io me cordials nnd hecce.i me to rest awhile In the cool chambers cham-bers of their building The heat of he sun was terrific and the work naturally exhausting. "The Raising of Lazarus' scene was taken In Bethany, outside the tomb of Lazarus, while the liaising of the Son Of the Widow of N'aln' was taken outside of tin Damascus gate As 1 moved forward among the people to take my place in the scene the women of the crowd bent forward to kiss the hem of m garment ah through they appeared to regard me as being apart, and it would be strange indeed If m experience had not taught me in a wonderful and solemn manner what the story of Christ means to th- world. "The moBt trying of all the scenes were the scourging which was actually actual-ly done and the Passion I was laid upon the cross, which was then put over a cross bar fixed to two vertical poles by means of ropes. So. swinging, swing-ing, and without a hand to steady it the cross was reared to a vertical po sltlon to fnll with a thud (which shook very bone in my body) Into a socket prepared for it. Afterwards the two malefactors were fixed to tbe crosses formed bj the horizontal bar and the poats, the bar was ( ut in two and they were turned KO that they faced me. "I shall never forget the scene-practicall) scene-practicall) an Jerusalem came oui to the inn of Oalvary, and the cries and the screaming of the people still riue in in ears "ft Is an experience i would never undergo again, but an experience Which I would be sorry to have mis8. ed -State Journal Springfield (Advu Gold Crowns $3.50 Bridge Work . $3.50 Best Set of Teeth $5.00 Painless extraction 25c All Work Guaranteed New York Dental Parlors 2468 Washington Ave. FREE Examination and Advice i , r Millinery Pleases That the new millinery department is to become :c very popular among Ogden women, was the verdict of ; jBffijffft hundreds who visited the Second Floor yesterday. Bp The Easter showing continues during the balance V Jg . of this week. 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