The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
BRINGS REALISTIC
! PICTURES OF war
Leslie's Weekly Photog-
rapher Films Wonderful
Scenes in Slav Land.
HUN CURSE IN RUSSIA
P0rtrays Events From Start
Of Conflict Down to
Recent ReyOltS.

Donald c. Thompson. photographer
for Icslic's Weekly, presents the screen
ave gone toward the making of his
tory in Russia from the beginning OF
The great war in August, 1914. up to
the present time. 1t is recorded that
in order to obtain these films. Mr..
Thompson continually risked his life.
while the worst of the recent street
fighting In Petrograd was in progress.
The pictures are splendidly filmed,
with wealth OF horrifying detail that
served to accentuate wildly the hide
GUS realism of modern war. they con-
vey and drive home their thrilling les
sons OF the dangers of German in
tfgue and its ability to neutralize with
the aid Of traitors the best efforts OF
patriotic valor as nothing else could
do. The advice to intern all pro-Ger-
mans in our midst Is constantly re-
peated In the sub titles. backed up by
proofs OF blood and suffering which
cannot fail to create a tremendous i'm
p1coSiou ou Tic minus VI all true
Americans.
Shows First Russian Advance.
The first Russian advance with its
resulting victories during zero wealth
| er. the operations of the cars Black
sea fleet against Turkish shipping. the
failure OF ammunition to arrive in time
| to hold vital positions. are the chief
items in the beginning. as we'll as the
hack of proper hospital supplies. due to
the enemy's spy system which caused
the deaths Of thousands OF wounded.
The car is seen taking over chief COM
mand of his armies. followed by his
deposal and the raising of the Red flag
on the palace. when the republic is pro-
claimed. The famous women's Bat
TALON OF Death is formed, drills and
| goes to the front. an incident which
arouses the enthusiasm of the specta-
tors to the utmost. Lenine comes to
Petrograd and the bloody work in the
streets of the city. which resulted in
the triumph Of the golsheviki and the
reign OF anarchy. is filmed with won
ierful accuracy and gruesome com
pleteness.
Depicts Periis Of Modern War.
The charge of the Russian troops
over the top and through the German
barbed- wire defenses is perhaps the
most striking scene in series which
abounds in tensely- exciting views
And. through it all. the terrifying real
ity Of the proceedings weighs heavily
upon ones spirit. The most dramatic
,ffering embodying the perils of the
battlefield ever conceived in studio
g colorless and tame compared with
this grim presentation of genuine death
and destruction. Men and women weer
inrcstrainedly when faithful private
IS seen staggering toward the real
With his wounded officer upon his
shoulders; they watch his progress
with bated breath. and groan in sym.
pathy when he finally lays down his
'silent burden. examines 1t a moment
md makes the sign of the cross upor
discovering that life has fled. The
prostfate or creeping wounded. tn,
piles Of mutilated corpses. all these
actors in LIES own CHASTITY scenario
appeal to the senses and rack tht
nerves with spasms of bitter emotion
They are pathetically real PERSONAL
ties undergoing real torture or mcr-
,ifully passed beyond Its rackng pow.
ars. Here Is no mimic world OF The
'crcen, but instead a majestically- ri
.antic portrayal of humanity in tht
rough, living. writing. dying beneath
the Juggernaut OF bloodlust and insen-
sate ambition of territorial conquest.
tai - IL
russia thus laid hare to light by the
II lin scalpel Is not a pleasant sigh,
o witness, but 1t is one we'll warrant.
I'D to arouse the too cheerful optimis
70 timely sense of our national Peri
and the part which he may be called
upon to play In the darkling future.
This picture will be shown at thu
Empress Wednesday and Thursday.