THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVII, Issue 3685, 18 October 1916, Page 2

THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

THE APOTHEOSIS OF MOVING

PICTURES

Great interest is being taken in the forthcoming presentation of that world-famed 'motion picture " The Birth of a Nation,' 1 which will be presented by the J. C. Williamson management on Monday, October 23, at 8 sharp, at the Criterion Theatre, Paeroa. All the professional critics saw the opening performance and their reviews were extremely enthusiastic. Without a dissenting voice the picture was proclaimed, the sensation of the season. We quote the following by the Rev. Thomas B. Gregory, in the New York American: "In the great photo spectacle ' The Birth of a Nation,' which had its initial presentation at the Liberty Theatre Mr. D. W. Griffith comes pretty near working a miracle. And yet this is just what Mr. Griffith has clone with a completeness and perfection that is astounding. As a picture play, ' The Birth of a Nation' is, by all odds, the greatest thing that has ever come to New York, and in this masterpiece of motion picture reproduction we may see something of the possibilities- of the art as an educator of the human race, through the most royal of the senses—the eye. Mr Griffith and his forces were eight months making the picture. They travelled over the .sections in which the story is located, and reproduced the scenes with rigid fidelity. I am prepared to say that not one of the more than five thousand pictures that go to make up the drama is in any essential way an exaggeration. They are one and all faithful to historic fact, so that looking upon them, you may feel that you are beholding that which actually happened. Regarding the educational value of the great photo-play no one who sees it can be the least bit sceptical.'' The box plan is open at Harris' jewellery shop. The prices will be 2s and Is. Reserved seats, 2s 6d, ■