Show operator 13 heralded As a greater drama than the birth of A nation twenty one lears a ao 0 o daring pioneers of 0 the emotion picture industry presented to the theatre world a film production that was destined to become one of the immortals or of the screen the picture was the birth of a nation which proclaimed david wark walk griffith Us its director the reigning genius of the silent picture era A tense io lomant mantic lc story of the civil war the memory of the birth of a nation has never died and disturbs the wells of emotion within the hearts of almost every human that has seen ft an ambitious undertaking reminiscent of the comment and interest around following the release of D W griffiths martial masterpiece a similar courageous undertaking has been completed at metro goldwyn mayer studios the newer enterprise which according to critics surpasses it predecessor in military setting and story is operator 13 marion oil davies dadles latest starring picture gary cooper as her leading man the screen story is based upon the last and greatest novel from the prolific pen of the late robort robert W chambers with the civil war fhe last of the romantic wars as the background the story deals with the intriguing spy systems of both the northern ind and southern armies out of which arises one of 0 the finest romances of the rebellion that the new picture will exceed its silent ellent predecessor in magirl magnitude tude has not been denie 3 this rills has been made possible by the vast strides achieved by tle la film industry since twenty one tears ears ago this allied with the ha modern facilities of 0 production the advanced perfection of set construction photographic sound science and the ability to organize and direct every of entire armies before the modern cameras promise to establish operator 13 as the most spectacular ot of war romance productions uc entire villace Erect erected ted for the production an entire village was constructed as it ex asted in the early sixties for other sequences a street of richmond virginia was reproduced for or one of the battle scenes battlefields tle fields were designed to cou con fairn 01 in with famous battle aroun grounos Is of seventy years ao ago historical iaia orical buildings of washington as they were ivere the rebellion were designed for many of the apt tin hinss s and two famous old mansions of the south are created again in the picture fri sat october 1920 1520 19 15 20 utopia aw I 1 amin aam as theatre JL r arr |