| Show special A kind of artistic achievement eay eaby for the film but impossible for the indoor drama is a illustrated by the fords forda theatre scene in the birth OE I 1 A nation the old fashioned drama has long attempted to represent a stase stage within a stage and some of such soch representations have been rather realistic but in the film scene showing the of president lincoln one sees not only the co molete stage of fords theatre in april 1865 but also the auditorium of the theatre the une audience and the his figures in the boxes laura keene is playing our amerlean cousin consul assisted by E A sothern in the role of lord dun reary chev are startled out of the their amic parts part by the shot that wilkes booth fired the audience has risen to its ita feet as the shot is heard and easom cranes lot foi ward in a to gaze at the great states me man who whose head has bee fallen back in the stage box and at the assassin booth who is leaving leaning from the b bo cy to the stage and whose spur catches in the box drapor drapery as he jumps causing him to break his hia leg this sort of historical realism has never been achieved achie d before it ia a part of i what but is a meant by the a so called new art for which D W griffith giffith is ia res pon sible spectators gaze at the scene with f fascinated mated horror it is too terrible too awesome for applause yet not a spectator but f flit fels lit that in this thia lon im pre asive mr griffith has surpassed the greatest previous oua art achievements of the film drama at the rex theatre matinee and night tuesday feb 5 prices matinee children adults 50 at night reserved aed a ed seats seata fl 00 gen geni i eral admission |
