THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3934, 15 December 1916, Page 6

THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

lii His Majesty's Theatre to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon at 2.and evening at 8 sliarp, J. C. Williamson, Ltd., will present the much-talked-of art film "The Birth of a Nation." The season hero is limited to one night only.. J.n " The Birth of a Nation " it will be seen why Abraham Lincoln is the one great outstanding figure in American history. Of humble origin, through sheer force and nobility of character he became the dominating personality in the greatest crisis a country ever endured. It is brought home in the story of the Camerons, the fortunes of whose house are followed in " The Birth of a Nation.", Reduced, from comfort to the meanest poverty, they still kept a. brave face. The homecoming of their only surviving son, "The Littie Colonel," is the most touching incident ever screened. All might have still gone well had Lincoln been spared. With his death the South became the prey of political adventurers, exploiting the negro vote. The sudden access to power by the negroes was fraught with the most sinister results. The whites were terrorised, the women dared not go out of doors, the , men,: outnumbered and disarmed, were openly insulted. Murder was rifo, vice unrestrained, and an orgy of violence held sway. Griffith, in his wonderful aportacle, depicts with lightning vividness this reign of terror, nnd through it all weaves a lovo story as nrcnt as thnt of Borneo find Juliet.

The box plans are now open at The Bristol.