The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-28

tributed To the adequate production
Of the greatest film play ever pro
duced
The Birth Of n Nation" wildly
portrays tho most tragic period In
the history OF this country The
civil war and the DAYS Of recon.
s,ruction. There Is a faithfulness
In presenting the pictures that can.
not escape the notice OF the most
unohservant
And ". through the three hours
Il takes TO witness The Birth OF a
Nation. one can sit calmly without
a tear In his eye nj times. that one
Is not of human fiber
The Birth OF a Nation" tells OF
the bleeding South In those pitifui
days after the close OF the civil
war In such a way as the North has
failed To appreciate.
elames Yankees for Slavery
First OF all. Il brings homo 10 the
North that the Yankee traders In
troduced slavery Ia the country
and tho descendants OF these
traders. who had profited By this
abominable business. later became
the abolItlouis,s
Then comes Llncoln's election
and his appeal for volunteers TO
suppress the secedcrr.
Then the war-and the heart
rcnding slaughter between brothers
Tn. war IL over. Lovers have
been torn apart. Plantations have
been ruined Lincoln has been
killed. and the South is bleeding
under the foot OF the carp.tbag
gers and ignoran, black rule.
No prettier scene of innocent
Flora Cameron lplayed by Mae
Marsh. playing AZ the spring
laughing AT a rabbit near by--com
muning with nature. as Il were.
And then--her desperate leap TO
death To escape dishonor.
In the end the Griffith production
IA nm appeal for cessation of arms
Tho Clemmer was crowded ai
both performances Sunday.
CLASS A
Conscience" at tho Glass A. IL
one OF those films that keep you In
cold sweat until the last of the
four reels II 10 detective story
full Of excitement William walsh
ably portrays the criminal and he
Ia we'll supported by Frances Mel.
son. The film differs from most
circumE,antial evidence films. The
suspected one is not set free. He
goes 10 the electric chair.
King Baggot and June Gail wind
up the bill with eorking good
comedy. "Mismated
LIBERTY
when lind my horse will
have the heart OF the one who is
riding II"
Thus does Jamil. son OF the
Bedonln sheik. swear vengeance
for the loss of HIS horse.
He finds his horse. all right.
and the heart OF her who rides II
is his. only not in the way he had
planned.
Edwsr selwyn. ms The Arab. :"
has n thrilling but pleasing role to
play. Ills daring work In averting
a Christian massacre. and his res
cue OF Mary Hilbert. American mis-
sionary teacher. from the unscrup-
ulous governor. cause the blood to
riot thru your veins.
There are camel caravans. vast
stretches OF lonely. wind.swept
sands, and other desert scenes.
A travelogue Of South American
cities completes the program.
COLONIAL
NORWOOD. one OF those things
Marie Corelli used 10 30 out into
the graveyard at midnight 10 write.
In the leading film at the Colonial.
"Wormwood" may be briefly de
scribed as a series OF thrills. kills
and chills.
A young man takes absinthe
when the woman he loves tells him
there II another for whom she
cares. He dies. finally. IN deliri.
um. after having caused the girls
fathers death. thrown the luckless
rival in the lake and driven the girl
herself to suicide.
II falls 10 the lot OF Fatty AR.
buckle and Mabel Normand, in The
Little Teacher" to recover for the
audience their natural. pleasant
selves. and they do 1t quite capably.
MISSION
staid old Prof White decides 10
dine out at Victor's at 7 o'clock.
with his portly spouse--and upsets
all New York.
II happens. also. that Hughey
White. the tired business man. has
arranged little supper with Fiji.
the chorus wren, at at Vlctor's.
Both Whites have telephoned Vic
tors to hold a private dining room
FIN" gets there first. Then the
professor, then the others.
"Vlctors at Z" is film you'll
want TO see.
THE Missing Man" mixes up a
love affair. a train robbery, desper'
ate cowboy stunts, and other things
into good story, and makes every
thing come out all right.
GRAND
A two-part picture. with William
Garwood and Violet Merserau play.
Ing the leading parts. is the feature
at the Grand II ~ a picture OF
love and thrills. the thrills furnish
ed by a sensational aeroplane ride
when Miss Merserau goes to the
rescue OF her lover.
Marie Walcamp Is featured In
THE Test OF Man" a two-part