Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-03-08 | Page 6 | 'Birth of a Nation' at the Orpheum

'BIRTH OF S1TI' AT THE DRPHEUW1 The announcement by Manager Joseph Goss of the Orpheum theater of the booking of the motion picture masterpiece "The Birth of a Nation" for the local playhouse, the week of March 26th, marks the successful completion com-pletion of negotiations begun by the local showman more than a year ago with the producing company i This production has been heralded as the climax of motion picture effort and has placed its director, D. W. Griffith, at the head of the new profession. pro-fession. The story Is based on "The Clansman," but further deals, however, how-ever, with that period in American history covering the Civil War, its causes and results, the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln and the conditions leading to the organization of the "Ku Klux Klan " The presentation of "The Birth of a Nation" occupies three hours, with an Intermission, and the service of a company of forty people, including a symphony orchestra of 30 pieces