Show A OL ea nl t SCENES IN IM hallelujah STIRRED THE PLAYERS SAYS KING VIDOR directing actors who dont act but literally live their roles wis was the of king vidor famous director ot of the big parade when he directed the first colored cast ever to appear sn in a film play in hallelujah metro goldwyn mayers spectacular all talking drama to be at the utopia theatre thursday fri 3 saturday 14 16 15 its the oddest and berha perhaps Ps the most interesting experience a director ever had relates ss vidor but it la Is a great wear aud arad tear on ones own awn aw n ei emotions notions these people are natural actors they feel tb the and the jowls jogs they depict for I or instance in the scenes where daniel haynes II aynes who biays ays zeke the liro h ro of the story prays over the body of 0 his brother the chobo cast was stirred to actual hysteria pi il the baptismal scenes the crowd thousands ards strong i cached beached a pitch ot of near kienzy under the religious ligi ous you seo see haynes who preached the sermon ia h an ordained minister aud a id wt ws staged the scene on sunday with ab absolute blute fidelity and all due regard 0 ro o that there mere would bs be nothing about it and the thins thing became an actual baptism with all the emotional reaction of tha real thing thine th american negro says vidor is vat 0 t nf f the greatest of actors for this very leason ile he is more mor sensitive to emotions emit ions than his white whit arther a t d lence ills bis acting sag bas a naturalness that cannot can biot be schooled the abi g hs he says is true of at the negro singing in ili the pictures in n the blues ard spirituals while the principals were roe ree bulted from the stage the others hi the picture mie aie actual cotton workers 0 from pla plantations rotations near memphis where the picture was filmed daniell daniel haynes ot of Show boat fani fam nina mae mac mckinney ot of blackbirds faanie belle B e of io lulu nelle belle harry gray victoria spivy and others are among aaion the principals and hie ili e dimou fanic a dixie jubilee singers aie headd in the musical interludes in the so ali the is wa ai original by vidor who for ali e yani z avis been planning l its on the screen 1 |