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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 129, 31 May 1917, Page 2

"INTOLERANCE" THE GREATEST MOTION, PICTUR EVER MADE. "Intolerance," a genuine; "wondei picture is described as being "A perfel cyclone of emotion," comprising four J the world's greatest' stories that sweep m the end into four), smashing climaxes. I D. W. Griffith's master 6pectaele__"l;| tolerance" will open, at The King! Theatre on Tuesday night next. || • After the premiere performance the® will.be two performances daily. , This 6 the first and only production Mr. GriffiS lias,made since "The Birth of a Nationf The new offering „. carries four paraUf stories of different ages of human hig tory. Some of the greatest charactel in the world's development are picture! in its realistic presentment of scenes ancient Judea, old Paris, Mighty Babylo and a. modern city. Amazing magnitude, the most gigant settings ever erected, and- thrill aft . thrill mark the progress of this coloss spectacle. Thousands upon thousands j,. people, set against tremendous bacj:; grounds, are handled with an unequalli precision and a perfection of detail n] where outdone and permeating all is ti ? touch of nature that ' makes the whq world kin. Griffith has rebuilt and 1 ■ peopled Babylon. He has. recreatj.; Judea in the days of the-Nazarene. Jj'y has reconstructed Paris during; the midd J ages'. In its entirety "Intolerance" is p stupendous that, description . falters ai'j fails to give any idea, of the massivene' of its scope. In New York it hi created a sensation that has never, be ,: equalled, -not even by "The Birth of ; Nation." This epoch-making pictui will be presented under the managemei; of the J C. Williamson, Ltd. -.& In "Intolerance" Mr.. Griffith, shov* lucidly and convincingly how ..the ■ etoj';; of .the world has been written in hatrti and intolerance when it might have bejj: written in love. In workiirg out I* idea he uses four themes. \ p . One is the fall o£ the,ancient cityjj Babylon, fri all its power, influence at;;: grandeur, through the treason of J priests. '. . ;■; The second is the persecution, in'tj; Holy Land oi Jesus Christ by hypocri^; The third i/B the "massacre of t k Huguenots, in Paris, through _ .t;;;. machinations of Catherine de Medici. \ And the final, theme-r-a dramatic _ej: apde of modern life: gripping expositij*: b.f lives^ ruined by" meddling "reformers;; 1 'In this production Mr. Griffith has (^ a new mark and created his most notaf' and ambitious achievement. ■..Great!; backgrounds have been niaSo ' for 1^ action than have ever been revealed 1 '■; fore. . In his principal scenes he I utilised more people than were ever se ± in any production.—Advt. ' ,;. The death of Mr. Samuel Fittall, £ Richmond.'" Neiscui, who arrived^ in \\:is lington Erom England by . the si + Montmorency. in "J3SS, is anuounc «: ,The deceased was 'SO years of age. > was for some years town clerk of Ri|",; mohd. ■. f -,! * ;.■; 'My word, but \Vai-Kongoa Natu-; Mineral Water.does improve: a whisp Adds a touch of healing, too. Wai-1': npoa is' a pure,; sppkhng table Wat;; Blends admirably with spirits and win' 1; —Adyt.; ' : -.; ;." ■;: ft For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woe <| Great Peppermint pure, ils 6d, 2s p —Advt . ■'.■' "■,.' „ • |,::