The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-28
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ROMEO AND JULIET"
new DAYT0nA TODAY

The epOchmaking production OF
Romeo and Juliet" with Francis X.
Bushman as Romeo" and beautiful
Beverly Bayne as Juliet" is pre-
scented to the public with the fullest
confidence as to its reception. Over
three months were consumed in the
actual work of photography, and the
cost of production amounted to up
wards of $250.0OO. Not even in the
lavish stage productions made by
such wizards of stagecraft as Sir
Henry Irving and Richard Mansfield
has such bagnificence been dreamed
of, much less attempted. The cos
tunes alone cost $4,000, and the re-
production of the market-place of me-
diaeval Verona, with it's eighteen
buildings, meant an outlay of $4,000
more.
Director-in-Chie John W. Noble,
and the star, Francis X. Bushman. SUI
pervised the production. Their as
sistant directors were Edward j.
Shutter, technical director. Edward
Elsner, Rudolph De Cordova (Shakes-
pearian advisory. Leander De CordO-
yer, Edward Levers and Harry Soth-
ern. Mr.. Elsner has acted as stage
manager to all the greatest stars of
tuC PICocut fUdy, IUCluUiuS SARAH
Bernhard and Ellen Terry, and Mr..
Sothern, a nephew of E. H. Sothern,
assisted his uncle in Shakespearian
productions for seven years.
Shakespeare's matchless story of
love and tragedy scarcely needs to be
refreshed in the minds of the public.
since the tale has always bene q fav-
Orite one. Romeo and Juliet, who fall
in love with each other at their first
glance, are members of the two great
noble families of Verona. the Monta>
CUES and Capulets, who have for
years been at enmity with each 9TH
er. That their meetings and their
marriage must be in secret is respOn-
sible for Juliet's being urged by her
parents to marry Count Paris, and tor
her taking a potion that feigns death
by the advice of Friar Laurence, so
that Romeo may claim her unframed
in the tomb. But the letter, telling
Romeo Of the plan. miscarries. He
suppOses her really dead, and after he
has killed himself beside her, she
wakens and pressing his dagger to
her heart. follows his spirit in death.
Full advantage has been taken of
the fact that Romeo and Juliet be-
longed to noble and wealthy fam
| lilies. The appointment Of the two
households are superb, the furnish
ings magnificent beyond any in the
history of the stage. Scenes of pomp
| and ceremony are shown, both civic
and religious ceremonies and process
siOns being included. These are all
provided for in Shakespeare's text
but the limitations of the dramatic
stage have heretofore made it impOs-
sible to present them. The Bushman
mad Bayne production of Romeo and
| Juliet" shows the great play as
Shakespeare would have written it if
| motion pictures had been invented in
| his time.
| Fidelity to the greatest dramatic
poet of all the ages has been carried
to the last degree. Every member of
| the cast was obliged to learn the
words of the play and repeat them,
with the proper action. before the
camera. If a word was forgotten, the
camera was stopped and the work
done over again. The original seen
ariO was made from Shakespeare S
Romeo and Juliet the greatest
love story ever written. by John Ar
thur. and this was modified by Ru-
dOlph De Cordova, and the final work
done by John w. Noble. whose mas
terly handling of the eight-act drama
establishes him for all time in the
front rank of directors. The genius
of Mr.. Bushman and Miss Bayne has
never been so well exemplitied as in
the roles of the immortal lovers. The
Bushman and Bayne production of
Romeo and Juliet" brings the soul
of Shakespeare to the hearts of the
people.
This wonderful feature attraction
will be shown at the New Daytona
theatre this afternoon. tonight and
tomorrow afternoon and night. Mu-
sic will be furnished by seven
piece orchestra.