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The Birth oi a Nation.The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith's massive spectacle, coining to the Klks Theatre, New Iberia, for Three Days, June 1st, is the largest anil most important production of a decade, yet not a word is spoken throughout the performance of nearly three hours. Music supplies the absence of speech, mechanical effects and realism, whilst the wizard of the screen, David \V. Griffith, uutlolds in 12,1 XX) feet of him the thrilling romance of the War between the States and the Keconstruction of the Southland. Some idea of its magnitude may be had from the facts that 1K,U0U actors and J.UUU horses took part and that the staging of this great “outdoor” drama cost half a million dollars.Several of the actors are of Southern lineage. Henry Walthall, who plays the heroic role of the little Confederate colonel, is a member of the well-known Walthall family of Alabama. Miriam Cooper, who appears as Margaret Cameron, is a direct descendeut of Charles Carroll, the Maryland signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Griffith is the son of a Brigadier General of the Confederate Army.For every character, however small, Mr. Griffith has found just the personalty needed. After that his masterly direction made each one give a perfect characterization of the widely varying roles. The result was not acting but life itself. Such realism is never Been on the old-fashioned stage. The limitations of the theatre were swept away for Nature was Mr. Griffiths stage. Panorama after panorama is revealed to the astonished eyes of the spectator. The most inventive imagination could hardly picture to itself such scenes of splendor.berairo!inisrothsuteasylt;-kilothInkiGiC1il
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Saint Martinville Weekly Messenger
Saint Martinville, Louisiana, US
Sat, May 27, 1916
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