"INTOLERANCE"

Grey River Argus, 25 August 1917, Page 4

"INTOLERANCE"

COMMENCES MATINEE

WEDNESDAY

That most stupendous of all film spectacles "Intolerance," the picture mat dips far into the ancient past and brings it in line with a strong 1 modern story, and which has excited, admiration and awe all over the Dominion will be shown here for a short season commencing:" at the matinee on ' Wednesday at 2 p.m.. and a^ain on. Wednesday and Thursday evening-s at 8 p.m. in the Opera House, under the direction of J. C. Williamson Ltd. It has Ijeen trulysaid, and it car.not be denied, that "Intolerance" is the last word in the way of moving pictures because of its wonderful, universal theme, its colossal dimensions and the tremendous success it has achieved everywhere. What picture or in fact any. production could run for 25 performances iii Auckland, and Wellington, 24 in Christchurch and 25 in Dunedin? These facts alone prove that "intolerance" is something far ahead of anything- we have yet seen or to use the words of a metropolitan journal or "ever likely to see affain." "Intolerance" shows the fall of Babylon including- the g-org/eous feast of' Belshazzar after his first victory - v over Cyrus, the Crucifixion of our. Saviour the massacre of St. Bartholomew in medieval Paris, mnd the thrilling motor and train race for life which is one of the big scenes in the modern story, so cleverly interwoven with the theme. The "Evening Star" of Dunedin speaking of "Intolerance"; said:— "The. tremendous and sweep, ing beauty, and the crashing climax of the Babylonian phase, were breath snatching in their compulsion stamping Griffith (the producer who also made the Birth of a Nation) a veritable Aladdin of the . films' Even the Birth of a Nation scared prepared its spectators tor this colosT sal and grandiose epic of Babylon in the last prodigal days of Belshazzar, fast in the toils of -that fair /and tell Delilah — Luxury. . The reconstruction of the city of Babylon (from authentic records we are credibly.-in-formed ; is a • magical achievement, witn us great walls 300 ft high and big enougn on top for two chariots: its temples, and its great banqueting hall, giving a vista one mile in length. .Never was there such a mimic bactie. In vivid contrast to this (the battle of Babylon) is the great banquet that follows — a scene of prodigal ' splendour and license in which the spectator must steel himself to a display of voluptuous nud« ety. ihe huguenot theme is magnificently staged, notably for the remarkable court interior and the demoniac, frenzied reality "of the reproduced massacre of the Hfuguenots '* And throughout' the Dominion the chorus of praise, for "Intolerance" goes on. "Intolerance" will be shown here only at the opening matinee next Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. and on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The prices of admission are <js. 2s and is, Children half price to the matinee. Box plan is open now at the Bristol where seats may be reserved for the season. 1