"DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS"
Few motion pictures that have ever found their way to successful completion havo been attempted on tfce scale that "Dawn to the Sea in Ships" has been produced. In the handling ol the atory, the scenario of which was written by John L. E. Pell, of Great Banington, Mass., Mr Clifton has revealed an ingenuity that departs sharply from the wriitional use o! motion pictwe material. £ h£ rever lost right of the first requiref. nf a screen production, lhat it shall alMhingS, entertaining, and the oA nf tho love story that begins under t l Uread '?,!„♦ Sard-arm in New Bedford harthe anoi y_ an j nsta -nt broken even in" 1 the tempestuous waters of the midAtlaatic. ccn tury does a thrilling epi--4e n >pTen a\ dramatically depicted in can > 5000 mi! « « f fatiom- , w a t!r'eeething with man-eating sharks; less watt r, whaleboat' manned by six utterly beyond the reach of molher ship, tearing at express epeed for the broad - Atlantis, imagine straight towed bvan enraged ..iviathan yourself being toweo. in a daah for of tho dee |' dden i y the whale, teaJising the n « eß cape, turns and charges. the futility of eBC and {()r co of the fastest boat witb th of g-cond, hit .-square in the es .P r ff. 9 - the whaleboat is smashed, to bite tbe crew into the shar*-nu'ested water - . „„_ la in this picture for Tt ofxhe sweetest love atones you. It I tc ''® d tho Quaker wedding, with all ever t 0 !"' , ( . m . md the prettiest of all jta go'methiiiS you simply must rJft ■» on Saturday, tho 15th.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18456, 10 August 1925, Page 7
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272"DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS" Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18456, 10 August 1925, Page 7
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