Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-16
OPERA HOUSE TO open
WITH BIGGEST Of FILM
PRODUCTIONS Being SHOWN

The Augusta Opera house IS aooGc
TT open.
That is one piece II good news
There ara several other features 20
De mentioned n connection with this
opening which takes place Monday,
Apr;i y. To begin with. there is -
be an entire change of policy IN the
class Of entertainment 70 he gwen az
the opera house. Here. under ne
naragerert = William 8 william
eur. Ire biggest film productions thai
the American market can ofar VII
De presented al popular prices
Such an innovation as this IS al
mos, unheard Of. bur It IF one THAI
IS 70 ne tried and ne very holiness
of i IS sure 10 maxi ( successful.
THE program II features 10 BE Of
feTet. for the first wees IS me 1lia-
is startling II Us g-ea,-2ess- They
are pictures that hare never before
t,een seen n this section Of Maine
ana never before been seen &. pupu-
lar prices IN New England.
For the first three days of the week
beginning Monday. April - Tar
IAN Of the Apes will be presented.
This viii be followed on Thursday by
:. days entertainment which VIII
feature two noted film actors OF
Maine. Francis Ford and Dustin
Earnum and the week will conclude
On Friday and Saturday with the
marvellous Jim production of The
Fighting Roceevelts-' & Cinema Of
the mos, famous modern family IN
America witt, pictures posed by a1C
authorized ny Colonel Roosevelt him.
self.
In "Tarzan If the Apes" an open
ing production has been secured that
for dramatic intensity. sustained n
terest. thrilling situations and gor-
gpcusness IF setting il wnu'd he i'm
possible 20 duplicate Thousands ct
people have read the story of Tar
zan. written by Edgar Rice Bur-
-oushs Even in the reading. the
gripping situations have made one
reluctant 70 lay aside the book
But il IS N the film production that
the real immensely IT the story is
seen. II cost money. lots of II. 20 pFo-
duce the ptaotoplay. bu, the result
has been well worth the expenditure.
The scenes are far rom being the
stucfo-rrpa,ed views They are taxi
en- in a real Jungle where poisonous
reptiles were encountered. where tile
tropical foliage had to be continual
II cleared away As the pictures were
being made.
According TO the book. "Tarzan IT
the Apes" was enacted n Africa ON
the screen. however the jungle
scenes ara those cf the Amazon IN
Brazil: N securing this production
and IN staging il in a real jungle. tire
Nstionai Film Corporation which
produced il carried 10 Brazil a com
pany Of 20 principals. directors cam
era men and crew Of stage builders
Lions tigers. panthers. bears and
elephants were also taken along.
Over GOO natives were engaged for
the scenes CannibaI villages were
built and destroyed and built again.
Actual four fiors are killed in the
course Of the play. There are fights
between all the Wild beasts II the
Jungle. One feels sflivers Of dread Is
he watches the creatures move IN and
out If the shadows cast by the lux
ur.ant cnliaGe.
Tarzan. az many win recall. is the
child Of an English nob!enan and his
WIFE He is stolen by apes and
brought up in the fastness of the
jungle He grnws 70 man hood ve.-
table giant In stature and uncannT
knowledge Of Wild life. He is lead
ar. not only Of men. but Of animals
And YET. he. powerful az he is. a
fighter Of fighters. falls victim %
the beauty Of a woman.
Two men play the role OF TarEan-
Gordon 0rifiths appears a. the hoy
Tarzan and gives n wonderful per-
trayal white Elmo Lincoln. VINO