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FOUR SHOWINGS EAGH
OAY ARE TO BE MADE
Bale of Tickets Opens at 8:30 o'Clock Monday
Morning-—=Symphony Orchestra to Play
at Kach Performance.
“wing to the great demand on the
&1t of the public for a view of “The
Birth of a Nation,” the mammoth D,
W, GriMth spectacle, which was the
offering all last week at the criterion,
the management of that theater has
obtained the plcture for another
showing all this week
The sale of tickets for this supple
mentary showing will open Monday
morning, and, as last week, tickets
will be sold for each of the four per
formances which are givea daily -
10:45 a. m., 2, 5:10 and 8:80 p. m,
Thers will be no reserved seats nold.
Long before the first week’s show
ing of the ploture was at an end Wil
lard Patterson, manager of the Crite.
rion, and &g Samuels, managing di
reotor of t{e house, made up their
minds that they would get the film for
another week If such a thing were
woustbie.
The overflow crowds at the various
performances made It certain there
Were a great many persons in Atlanta
wnd the suburbs and near-by towns
that wanted to see the picture, but
might fall if its engagement was con
fined to the one week.
Ploture le Obtained.
linmediately efforts were made to
hold the picture over for this weelk.
These plans were not sucoessful until
iate Friday evening, when the man
agement announoced that the holding
company of the fililm had signed a con
tract permitting “The Birth of a Na
tion"” to remain here for another six
daye.
Twenty-four showings of the pic
tiure were made last week, and at
every performance great crowds were
present. Even the coldest weather of
iflz week failed to thin the throngs
that daily clamored for tickets to the
“big show.” Thousands saw the film,
and many more thousands will be en
ahled this week to view this great pic
ture, \
“The Birth of a Nation" is blaed‘
upon Thomas Dixon’s celebrated nov -
¢!, “The Clansman,” which deals wnh‘:
the South in reconstruetion days, the
activities of the famous Ku-Klux Klan
being the motif of the story. There
are 5000 scenes in the picture, and
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RECEIVED AT THE JOURNAL BLLG.. 7 N. FORSYTH ST, ATLANTA. *yuax
18,000 People — 5,000 Scenes — Cost $500,000
SymphonyOrchestraof 20,
EXACTLY AS SHOWN DURING RECORD-BREAKING
RUNS IN ALL THE LARGE CITIES OF THE WORLD
e Decisive Battles of the Civil
War—Sherman’sMarch to the
Sea—Grant and Lee at Appomat
tox—The South Before the War—
The Death ofAbraham Lincoln—Rise of the Ku-Klux Klan
—History in the Making—Mighty Story of the Loves and
Struggles of the Days When the Nation Was Finding ltself.
THE GREATEST STORY EVER REVEALED ON ANY STAGE
BUY YOUR SEATS IN ADVANCE!
the film cost hall a million dollars to
make. Kighteen thousand persons
took part in its production and thou
sands of horses were pressed into
service in many of the exciting scenes,
Thousands upon thousands of uni
forms and costumes were specially
made for this pleture. The film was
nearly a year in the making. Some of
the most popular screen stars of the
day took part in it. Chief among them
are Henry B. Walthall, who takes
the part of the Little C'olonel; Mae
Marsh, the Gish sisters, Wallace Rcldl
and others,
Great Battle Scenes. l
Battles of the Clvil War are among
the most engaging scenes depicted in
the picture. Sherman’s march to the
sea also is shown. The rule of the
carpetbaggers in South Carolina 1s
given in all its detaile, and the story
told is one of the most stirring that
can be imagine(d
The film is put together i admira
ble fashion, incident piling upon in
cident, all leading to climaxes that
are the sort that cause audiences to
cheer themselves hoarse. All through
the picture there is a charming love
story that is a wonderful foil for the
more exciting scenes of battle and the
dashing activities of the Ku-Klux
Klan.
Incidentally, one of the most en
trancing things about the showing of
this pleture is the musical program
which is rendered from first reel to
last. This music has been prepared
with special reference to every scene
for which It I 8 played, and for its
proper rendition a svmphony orches
tra is necessar)
At the Criterion an orchestra of
twenty pieces plays this remarkable
musical program. The leader has been
with the plcture for the last three
vears and he knows just what feeling
to put into the tunes that seem to
carry the various scenes along,
Picture Is Never Tiresome.
Although It takes more ihan two|
hours to show “The Birth of a Na
tion,” the pieture never hecomes
wearisome. Interest in it is chal
lenged at the very start and is held
until the close. It is the sort of pic-
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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN . A Newspaper for People Who Think -— SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1918.
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were unable to accommodate, we have at
the last moment secured for ome week
more D. W. GRIFFIIHN'S
to be taken into consideration when
the mammoth spectacle ~was being
put into shape for the screen.
For instance, there is the assassi
nation of Lincoln. An exact reproduc
tion of Ford's Thester in Washington
was made. The very play that Lin
coln was witnessing was presented
and the tune which it was definitely
Left, David Wark Griffith, the great Southerner, who has put
into films the story of the South’s supreme struggle and her des
perate resurrection from the effects of the Civil War. Above, one
of the realistic battle scenes which the master has provided with
the marvelous fidelity to detail. Circle, Miriam Cooper, who plays
the part of the older sister.
:determined was played on that occa
sion by the orchestra was arranged
lfor the film orchestra. Every detall
of that history-making tragedy was
reproduced as nearly perfect as it is
possible to have it.
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Grant at Appomattox is shown with
lifelike fidelity. The actors who take
}the parts of these two commanders
are “made up” to represent them just
as they appeared on that memorable
occasion, The atmosphere of the an
te-bellum South is admirably carried
out from one end of the picture to the
other.
Veterans Commend Pictures.
Among the thousands who have
witnessed the showing of the film
here numbers were Confederate vet
erans Many of them took occasion
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Seats Can Be Secured in Advance for Any Performance
Positively Your Last Chance so See the World's Greatest Motion Picture
Seats on Sale Monday for Every Performance
———— Box Office Opens at 8:30 A. M. ————
to praise the production to the man
agement of the Criterion. The scenes
depicted were declared by these old
soldiers to be true in evry particu
lar.
On last Saturday all the veterans
at the Georgia Soldiers’ Home were
invited to be the especial guests of
the theater management, when an
early moining showing of the film
was made.
In order to accommodate the
crowas that are expected for the first
performance this week, the theater
box office will open at 8:80 o'clock
Monday morning. The first showing
of the week will begin Monday morn
ing at 10:45 o'clock. Bargain prices,
as usual, will prevail. There are 900
seats for sale at every performance
at 25 cents.
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ORCHESTRA WILL BE USED EACH PERFORMANCE
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Crowds at Criterion Well Handled
During Opening Run of “The
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Birth of a Nation.”
No film shown at an Atlanta motion
picture theater ever attracted more
attention or called out greater crowds
than “The Birth of a Nation,” which
was shown all last week at the Cri
terion and which is being repeated
there this week.
~ Thousands saw the picture, last
week, four performances being given
daily until Saturday, when an extra
‘showing at 8 o'clock in the morning
was made to take care of the crowds
‘that besieged the doors seeking ad
mittance,
. Willard Patterson, manager of the
Criterion, inaugurated a new plan in
connection with a motion picture the
ater, by putting seats for ‘“The Birth
of a Nation” on sale four full days
before the opening performance. In
this way it was possible to handle the
immense throngs that appeared four
times each day to see the picture.
Throngs Come in Cold. :
Notwithstanding the fact that the
first week of the film's showing At
lanta was experiencing the worst
weather conditions in ten years, in
terest in the picture never faltered.
The faithful ranged in line out in
front of the Criterion every day to
get their tickets.
Rain, snow, hail and wind simply
failed utterly to dampen the spirits
of those who had made up their
minds to witness this D. W. Griffith
spectacle. Not only was the Criterion
crowded with Atlantans, but many in
the audiences came from ‘ distance,
the suburban towns being‘well rep
resented every day.
By the middle of last week the
management of the theater found It
would be necessary to put on an ex
tra showing of the picture to take
care of a large number of persons
who might otherwise fail to seé it as
a result of all seats being sold ahead
of time, Therefore, an 8 o'clock per
formance for Saturday morning was
arranged.
To this extra showing all the Con
federate veterans at the Soldiere’
Home were bidden, as special guests
of the theater, the invitation being
extended by Sig Samuels, managing
director of the Criterion, through At
lanta Chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy. The invitation was
accepted instanter.
Veterans Interested.
Many scenes in “The Birth of 2
Nation” depict battles in which some
of the Soldlers’ Home inmates took
part, and the picture, therefore, was
doubly interesting to them.
The huge throngs which daily at
tended the performances at the C'ri
terion were handled in admirable
fashion. There was little or no
crowding. As each performance
started at a given time, the audiences
usually were all seated before the run
was started. In this way everybody
was comfortable and there was no
interruption of the musical program
which was offered by the special
symphony orchestra of twenty pieces.