The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

And now comes to Birmingham the one
picl1re, which since its initial appearance
at the Liberty theatre, on Broadway, has
been the sensation of the screen. "Pur-
ity'' is the name of the production, which
will be shown at the Bijou one whole
week beginning Monday. and Audrey
Munson, the ideal artists model, who
has been called the modern Venus de
Milo" is the one woman in the country
who could rave made success of this
pretentious undertaking.
Miss Munson Is a young woman OF rare
shapeliness, in fact so fair of figure ana
form is she that she is declared to be
possessed of the most perfect human hg-
IRE now known to the artistic world.
There is one standard of beauty that
IS accepted by people in general without
question, and that standard is the human
body From the earliest days of Greek
art down to the present, the whole world
has agreed that the most beautiful thing
ever created is the perfect body OF
woman.
At the present time, the artists of
America are united in the opinion that
there is one woman above all others
that stands out as the most symmetrical
ure of the day. She is the model SUI
IRENE, the personification of the flowing
line, the purity and the limpd clarity OF
beauty She is Audrey Munson, known
everywhere as the model who posed for
the most beautiful portions of the statu-
ary at the San Francisco exposition
POSES IN THE NUDE
In purity she Illustrates exactly
Why she has been thus sgnally honored.
II Is required by the plot that she pose
for an artist in the nude, that all the
perfection of her body be revealed to the
artists eye and through him to the
world at large 1t is the purpose of the
picture to prove that such revelation is
as pure as any other revelation of divine
truth which has been given the world in
any form.
That this purpose is accomplished is
apparent to all who have seen the pic
fure. Although Miss Munson has occa-
nion to appear before the camera time
alter time in complete nudity. there is
not the sl'bhtest suggestion of anything
,ba1t the most sublime beauty at any point;
nor is there the faintest basis for sug-
eestion of any kind
.sPurity," as a film spectacle, is di-
vitied into two parts-first, an allegory in
two reels. and a drama. which follows
closely the plot of the allegory. in five
both parts, thereby emphasizing the
narallelism of the two divisions.
There is no shame in the world, and
ayes that feed upon the exquisite beau
ties OF wondrous natureland have not
been restricted by the veil of prudery
vvhfch~ is to descend upon the charms
~ nature when later the seeds of evil
"a = sown upon the land Neurological
characters dear to the memory of lovers
- Csrecian lore. move about Puritys
Sforld, and mingle with her in merri-
2>snt and goodness. and Purity. un-
Ssf1ed unashamed, unafraid, treads
Scr0ss the grassy expenses of a world
1DSopled by maidens and elfs and sprites.
ARTISTIC DANCES
Here the directing genius has ex-
Ssi1ad all past achievements in the
n6mb1fng of splendid dance groups the
a peryision of classic dances performed
~ 4 vast troupe of thinly yelled maid
|9SS3s spread out across specious areas
80 velvety green. Artists gathered from
S9Sry source of the globe present folk
3nre and esthetic dance creations, in
dances. giving abandoned
~ to all the moods of youthful hap
n n which could crowd into the soul
untainted being before the days
h.
categorical scenes were staged
hIffornia, where the scenic gran
Il furnishes a background adequately
IDlcting the paradise inhabited by
Iirity and her sister beings. Vast car
~ Of embroidered green stretch be-
s1sd the range of vision; craggy noun
Is tops give awesome background to
nny flower fields, gardens laden with
56ous furnish natures grand environs
~ fho festive puritan maids in their