J.C. WILLIAMSON'S LTD.

Grey River Argus, 18 January 1917, Page 2

J.C. WILLIAMSON'S LTD.

'BIRTH OF A NATION,' TO-NIGHT The long looked for presentation of Griffith's great work -'•.- "THE BIRTH OF A NATION,?' will take place at the. Opera House to-night, when one of the -mightiest spectacles ever screened will be placed before the public. There is a fascination in following the fortunes of the different characters through .the big story around which the marvellous spectacles move. A big thrill occurs in ' ' The* Birth of -a Nation " when Daniel Webster's message is flashed on the screen— his message •to the newborn American nation. There were giants in those days (the .'sixties of last century). One feels that a nation fathered by Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Webster, General Grant and eve"n Robert E. Lee cannot go faT "wrong. "The Birth of a Nation" inclines us to love America. Is anything more touching than the home-coming of the "Little Colonel' '*- in "The : Birth of a 'Nation"? It is like the homeI cerning of Edgar Ravenswood ih "The Bride of Lammcrmoor. " The "Little Colonel" was unsucccssul. and that is why so many girl picture 'lovers adore him. The unsuccessful hero-like Hamlet nnd Edgar Ravenswood make . a bi gappeal to the feminine. heart. Summer, the friend of Longfellow, is a pi_turesque. ligure that makes .an occasional appearance on the screen in "The Birth of a Nation." He is a stately, white-haired man, very gentle, ibut atthe same time very dignified. I'Tiierc is much speculation amon*- the picture-going public as to whom Stoneman in "The Birth^ of a Nation," can be. Study of Bryce 's book-points to the conclusion that Thaddcus Stev-* oris is meant. Stevens was a Congressman who opposed Summer. His picture presents him with protruding .law, .and make-up like Stonemait. Nothing issaidbf -his infatuation for a half-caste but the book is expurgated for school use. ' .--■■: