The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-24
Birth of a Race"
Knocks Other Films
Into a Dizzy Reel
Thousands See Picture That
Really is Something Out
of the Ordinary.

By ACE
Dramatic critic OF the kansas city
Post In the issue OF sunday. April o.
This magnificent production will
open AZ the Grand thcatcr tomor
row.
ono hardly kuowe what 20 on
pect when one goes 10 SOC The
llirth of u Race the hiK film show
ing his week at tho Durlc theat,r
10 thousautls of seekers after some.
hing startling and out Of the ordi-
nary Ia tho way of moving pictures
But It is quito evident after view
ing the stupondous phOtopluy that
ono could not have expected what
one really saw. We have had our
intolerance" our Birth Of Nn-
ton" our Heart OF tho world"
hut for pure, downright novelty and
immcnsity, handled with unbelieva-
bio skill The Birth OF Race"
knocks tho others into dizzy reel
Someone has said that the public o.
firing of seeing the same people go
through the same situations night
after night at tho movie houses.
Tho producers of Tho Birth OF
Race have undertaken (with re.
marksble succoss) to give "a movie
mad world something that will make
II cit up and take notice And the
final fadcaway found us still very
much sltting up and taking careful
notice.
STARTS AT THE BEGINNING"
The story begins at the beginning
OF things way back in the days OF
Adam and Eve and leaves 'nthings.
THAT'S as far back Ne any film can
go) u then proceeds down
through Bible history. through Pha.
roah's time--all the characters OF the
lliblc Uhe old and New Tcstaments)
live again before our eyes ana are
made To enact history AS We have
read IL over and over again In tho
Bible. II is only natural that every
one should have his own conception
of these characters and Il In novel
to say the least TO compare the
ideas and conception OF the pro-
ducers with ones own.
Nothing has been spared to give
the Bible part Of the film its true
rcolorins, it's best translation. Lavish
costuminR, gigantic scenes all have
been used In carrying out the pro-
ducers Idea so that it might be
given To the world as they really
loked upon II. In our own humble
opinion n IL the truest to form Bible
filming ever attempted.
After the Biblical settings have
traced the course OF events down
through the late war TO the present
day, the story begins, Tho alleRori.
| cal effect of the historic settings
now begin to show results and We
are able to sec and appreciate more
| fully the humaneness OF the lives OF
| the people In the story--just plain
people, the Schmidts and the
O'Briens.
A NEW RECORD FOR FiLMDOM
George La Guere and Margaret
Braun are the two who play the
| characters, with whom we ara most
vitality concerned. And the dramatic
tenHty OF one coupled with the on
hancing loveliness OF tho other pre-
| sonts TO the screen a new record
in the art OF cinema acting. The
| rcst OF the cast has been chosen
| with great care and each fits In to
his part and has undergone some
splendid directing
The photography merits especial
mention, The grandeur OF the en-
semble bcenes and the hoarr tugging
tragedy sprinkled hero and there
have been given equal attention.
All in all---the picture OF the day
Advt.