The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
DANTE'S FAMOUS VISION
 IN MOTION PICTURES
Special Attraction at Park Theatre
 For Three Days Coming Week.

TUT DayS SOHlng week.
 What is said to be the most stu pendous, sensational and spectacular production ever presented in motion pictures will be the attraction at the Park Theatre for three days starting with the matinee on next Monday when Danre's Inferno will be seen for the first time here. The journey through Inferno" told with unexampled power by the poet, is reproduced in a most lifelike manner and the characters as portrayed are identical with the famous illustrations of Gustave Dore.
 It takes two hours to givs the per scenes, in addition to an explanatory lecture, there will be special music and original effects. The high ar tistic standard of the whole produc- tion is conveyed to the spectator by the opening scenes, when the immor- tai poet. Dante, loses his way in the dark and gloomy forest gone from the path direct and unable to find the road back to the world. The fol- lowing scenes are depicted with a viv1dness and loyalty to the poem which defy description and holds one in vicelike grip of intensity. As the poet attempts to walk up. the hill of salvation his way is barred by wild animals which will not let him pass. Beatrice the spiritual figure in the Divina Commedia, descends from Heaven into the Limbo of Vir- gil whom sine asks to guide Dante to the right road. Virgil accepts the trice and appears at the foot of the mountain to Dante. The latter ap- peals to Virgil for aid. pointing to the famished animals, Virgil takes charge of Dante and the poets pass on.
 and dangerous paths, the poets find the portal of the Inferno" upon which is inscribed the words .'An hope abandon ye who enter here : In answer to Dantes questions, Vir- gil explains that they have come to the entrance of Hell. He bids Dan te to be of good cheer as he will ever be at his side to protect and explain.
 AS Virgil and Dante reach the banks of the River Acheron, they are met by Charon, the grim ferry man who takes the guilty souls into the inner circle of the Inferno" Af-' ter Virgil explains to Charon the ob- ject of their coming, the guilty souls are driven by Providence into the boat ana when it is weighted it is taken across the Acheron beyond which the damned souls will hear uOOIu. IH0 pO0lS Iu6u eSO through Limbo where those confined have committed no sin but cannot en- ter Heaven for lack of baptism. Among those who dwell in this Linn bo are found the great poets of an cient times, Homer, Lucanus, Ovid and Flaccus. On learning who Dan te is, they make him a member of their noble and learned band Here dwell the noble spirits of the great and sinless men and women who have died before the coming of Christ Vir- gil points out to Dante that these men of Science. philosophers, war riors, statesmen and tells him that than being deprived of the sight of God. Virgil and Dante depart from Homer and his noble band and march on towards the River Styx.
 Next Dante meets a woman who reveals herself as Francesca da Ri- mini and tells him the story of her fate Dante touched with profound pity, swoons and falls to the ground.
 Continuing their journey Dante and Virgil go through the various circles where damned souls are suffering the punishment meted out to them for whom they knew in the other world Throuk the City of Dis, followed by fiery demons, then through the forest where no leaves are seen, no spot of green, where spirits pursued by fe- male black mastiffs, the latter driv- en on by the demons, the poets keep pushing on through the different cir cles where the F'latterers, DiSsolute women, Hypocrites, Robbers, Scan dal Mongers, etc., paying for their sins, (these scenes are truly awe 1n- spring and beyond the imagination to conceive.) Having explored the horrors and wonders of the under world, Virgil leads Dante through the Subterranean passage to issue forth again into the light of day and once more behold the stars