The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
CHILD SENSATION OF
 GRIFFITH FILM

A little child six years of age, so small that he appears little more than babe in arms, has suddenly burst forth on the theatrical horizon and proved a genuine sensation. So real istic is his acting that everyone has been amazed at his almost unbeliev- able genius in portrayal. The little fellows name is Ben Alexander and the guiding hand that has brought him so prominently in the public eye is none other than D. W. Griffith, that genius of the motion picture world, whose latest masterpiece is Hearts of the World,' coming to Polls, eight days beginning Sunday night, Sept. 15, and ending Sunday night, Sept. p.
 With the sensational acting of this little boy has also come one of the biggest surprises in the history of the film world. When David Wark Grif- filth left his home in Pasadena, Cali fornia, just 19 months ago, with the simple explanation that he was bound for lover there' his admirers be- lieved that he was departing to make another Birth of a Nation" or Tn tolerance" with all the spectacular mob scenes and spectacles that has placed him in the front rank among motion picture producers. When re- ports began to come back to Amer | ica, stating that Griffith was on the | firing line in France and was receiv- | ing the aid of the British and French governments in securuing realistic scenes, these same admirers were positive in their assumption that an- other spectacular fighting picture was in the process of making. So sure were his friends of his purposes and plans that the word was whispered throughout the motion picture colo nies in California;: "He is coming back with a war picture!"
 True, this master director of the
 world, with his players and his cam eramen, his assistants and technical directors, was on the firing line in France. In fact that little band of actors moved forward with their di- rector until within actual range of the roaring guns and the bursting shrapnel Here with grim war on every side, MT. Griffith began the filming of---what? A battle picture?
 A struggle of army against army?
 Another ''Intollerance?" A tale of
 blood and torture and death?
 No. That was Griff1th's surprise. Somewhere in France, with death on every side and ruthless German de-
 struction in the air, David Wark Grif- filth produced '"The Sweetest Love
 Story Ever Told" Amid the real
 trenches (and MT. Griffith was the
 first American to enter the front line
 trenches), through the smoke and fire
 of actual conflict the ingenuity and
 genius of the greatest master direc-
 tor in the world, utilized the blood
 soaked battlefields of France to unfold
 upon the motion picture screen the
 eternal and never-dying story of a
 great love which could not be de-
 stroyed.
 This remarkable story is called
 Hearts of the World" and will be shown with such noted players as Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Robert liar ron, Mrs Gish, the mother of the two girls; Josephine Crowell, Kate Brice, Robert Anderson, George Fawcett, . George A. Siegmann---and, ''the lit- tlest brother" Master Ben Alexander appearing in the very scenes se- cured amid such horror and suffer ing.
 And through the entire production, occupying three hours in the unfold ing of the story, there moves the lit tie genius, Master Ben. From far off , California has come the tale of his triumph, while from New York City, f where Hearts of the World" was viewed by a notable gathering of state and city officials and officers of , the army and navy, we learn that
 Master Ben "covers himself with
 glory Another critic said of the lit
 tie fellow: Ben Alexander as The
 Littlest Brother makes one hope that f his next picture will be released 6 soon.