The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
TOPRESENT GREAT PHOTOPLAY AT THE
 JEFFERSON SOON Joan the Woman, Pro- nOunced by Critics Worlds Cinema Masterpiece,
 Coming Here

COmIng Here Beginning Monca,, April 2S the Jeffer- son theatre will be reopened for a so- ciety and artistic event, which gives every promise of being one of the i'm portant affairs of the year. It will be the first showing in Alabama of the magnificent photo spectacle. Joan the
 woman" in which Geraldine Farrar stars Miss Farrar is the souths most popular opera singer and her appearance on the screen has always been dignified and artistic in the extreme. In Joan the Woman she surpasses any effort of her career according to all critics. In New York this cinema masterpiece IS Tn it's seventh month, playing to abso- lutely packed houses at the s2 scale. It Will be shown here in the same splendid manner, with a fine symphony orchestra and all surroundings in keeping with it's enormity, but at prices half of what New York pays. The Jefferson theatre will be handsomely decorated and every thing done to make the event important in social way as well as from an ar tistic viewpoint.
 FORMER AGE-HERALD MAN
 Homer c. George, formerly a member of The Herald staff, and latterly with the Hearst papers for seven years before joining the staff of Klaw & Err langer, was here yesterday making ar engagements for the production. Mr. George is at present manager of the klaw & Erlanger theatre in Atlanta, and has way of doing things on really big scale. He is coming to Birmingham to put on this spectacle in the biggest possible manner, and promises Alabama s first showing will be as sensational as was the first showing of the picture in New York
 Joan the Woman is the story of Joan of Are" No more romantic and thrilling story is to be found in history than that of this Maid of Orleans" Miss Farrar, of course, plays "Joafl, ,' and she brings to her work an artistry the equal of that of the Divine Sarah Bernhardt, added to which is her re- markable beauty The New York critics have been fulsome and enthusiastic in their praise of her work, saying it sur passes any screen effort of history. She is surrounded by wonderful cast of such stars as Wallace Reid, Fully Mar shall, Theodore Roberts and others. In the big scenes 75,O00 persons are used, with 25,0OO horses.
 TOOK TWO YEARS TO MAKE
 The spectacle was two years in the making. It was directed by Cecil De- Mile at the Lasky studios. More than 35O,00O costumes were used. It is in Il acts and furnishes a full three hours entertainment. The story opens in modern scene, but quickly switches to the olden days, and then holds tabso- lutely to history in the closest form. 1t has thrills galore and nerve tingles aplenty, it's sensations eliminating with the burning at the stake of the immor- ital "Joan of Arc.'s The big battle scenes are wondrous, but all through it runs the delightful artistry of masters of the screen.
 This is the first visit to Birmingham of MT. George in some years with the exeeption of day last June. Since leav- ing Birmingham he has attained more or less notoriety and has been rather con spicuous in the news reports of the coun- try because of his activities in the au- tomobile and theatrical world. He has been manager of many of the countryS famous race drivers and last year dipped into that daring sport himself. He is con. nected with the Chalmers Motor company and broke the records between Atlanta and Chattanooga and Atlanta and Jack sonville with his car He may attempt some record work while here.
 In his work in connection with his va rious activities he has visited all the larger cities of America and Canada and enjoys at present wide acquaintance covering all of America He is taking particular pride in bringing the Geral- dine Farrar picture here, and will do his utmost to make the engagement suc- cessful.
 that the United States should be repre-