Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-05

crowded twice daily during the time this
great production has been on display
here. and the interest shows no sign of
slackening. 1t Is the most wonderful
picturing of stirring events ever shown,
and its dramatic and other values can
not be understood until after II has been
witnessed. The manner of presenting Il,
with splendid orchestra. and with such
other Accomplishments as enhance it's in
trinsic value and develop fits tremendous
realism to the utmost, is one of the ele-
ments in its success.
Ghostly white, more sure footed than
Death itself. flesh and blood ghosts
of the moonlight night in a war-ruined
southland, the avenging Ku Klux Rlan
swoops down upon the ravishing negro
and grabs him up as a fish-hawk its
prey. whirling him away, God knows
where. to fate from which there is
no escaping. This is one of the actual
sights shown in Griffith's Birth of a
Nation" and the one Of all others, per-
haps. that has been the most violently
attacked.
In these scenes Thomas Dixon's THE
Clansman," is revivified with telling
reality. Practically all the remainder OF
the startling living panorama always of
course, giving due credit to the history
of the United States. to the civil and
military experts, who laid out and
planned the battle scenes and were con-
suited as to the different scenes and cpl
sodes throughouD, is ID. w. Griffith's
own creation. Those readers of THE
Clansman," will easily note Griffith's
wonderful improvement over the original
when they go to see 1.-The Birth of a
Nation" appearing here at the Brandeis
theater. They will also see brought to
leaping life before them all that led up
to such a state of affairs. from the in
PRODUCTION of slavery into this country
to the first shot on Fort Sumter. His
tory has its skeletons in the closet the
same as families and individuals do, and
they are no worse off for being brought
to light and shown up, even in glazing
frightfulness. to the people who have a
right to know.
Lubin's big new photoplay of war pre-
paredness and the hyphenated American,
THE Nations Peril" comes to the Boyd
theater today for four days The picture
shows the United States Atlantic squad
ron at actual fire, the sinking of a
steamer by their big shells, the artillery
attack on a town, mine explosions. the
wireless station at work, etc. More than
1900 men are used In the big battle scenes
of the picture. Earl Metcalfe and Ormi
Hawley play the leading roles. Secretary
Josephus Daniels, Admrals Winslow and
Fletcher. Vice Admiral Mayo and all the
officers of the Atlantic fleet take prom
inent part. THE Nations Peril has re-
ceived the endorsement of the Navy and
Army departments at Washington and
many of the Army and Navy leagues 1t
has been accorded a volume OF praise at
every hand by critics of motion pictures
and is heralded as among the first three
greatest motion picture productions Of the
year
On Thursday afternoon and for Friday
and Saturday will be shown the phto-
play "Nedra" from George Barr Nc
Cutcheons famous novel. This sensa-
tional five-reel drama is full OF punches,
and shows hordes Of savages, typhoon
at sea, a stirring battle and romantic
love affair on tropical isle. The cast
includes that excellent juvenile actor
George Probert, Fania Marinoff and Mar
garet Greene.
What do they look like. these desper-
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