The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-01
MANY SCENES OF
RARE BEAUTY IN
KING OF KINGS
Cleansing Of the Temple, Trial
and CrucifixiOn of Jesus
Are Remarkable

Cecil B. De Miles motion picture
Life or Christ under the title of THE
King of Kings"-a work OF tremen-
dous magnitude and rare beauty
which ran for many months at en-
HANGED prices in New York, Chicago,
Boston and other cities. will be on
view at the Capitol Theatre on Mon
day next. !,
Mr. De Mile begins the story with
the greater Galilean ministry OF
Jesus, makes the counter motive the
opposition of Scribe and Pharisee
and High Priest, and develops the
first grand climax in the Cleansing
of the Temple. Here arises the sec.
ond opposition; the resentfulness OF
Judas when Jesus refuses the tenn
poral Kingdom.
Many Wonderful Scenes
From scenes Of great beauty IN
and around Bethany-the children IN
the Olive Grove and the raising Oh
Lazarus-the action goes to the
Upper Room of the Lords Supper
and thence to the Garden Of Geth-
semane. This wonderful sequence
is preceded by the scene when Judas
bargains with Caiaphas to betray
Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, ana
it is followed by Peters denial OF his
Lord.
The scene before the Sanhedrin IS
brief. But second ard grander
climax is reached in the Trial before
Plate, the opposing factors OF Good
and Evil being so stoutly matched
and the apparent triumph Of the
Evil so heart breaking. The return
OF the action is subsequent suicide
Of Judas, and in the spiritual tri-
umph Of the Divine Sufferer on
Calvary.
Crucifixion Awe.Inspiring
The third and highest dramatic
climax is the crucifixion of Jesus.
In it, the art Of De Mile has been
touched with something OF the same
divine fire that animated the pencils
of the "Old Masters" Finally the
acme of spiritual beauty is in the
quiet and lovely denouement from
the Magdalene's strange encounter
with the gardener" whom she found
to be her blessed Lord, and the final
message of the manifested Savior:
Go We into all the world and preach
the Gospel to every creature!"
Filming Begun with Prayer
Begun with prayer, the filming Of
the picture was most reverent. In.
cidental to it were the building OF
vast architectural reconstructions
notably the Second Temple, the
streets If the Via Dolorosa. tn
Jagged ravines and Hill of Calvary
the Hall Of Plate, the towers ane
turrets Of Jerusalem. For use II
the structures or in the outdoor
scenes, ten thousand archaeologicalll
correct properties were devised
bought or used.
All Studios Cooperate
All the California studios lent o
their resources. Eminent player
from many companies We'd for tn
m~. AS an indication of the siz
of the work, no fewer than IS
actors have named character role:
thereby portraying hundreds OF Me-
Testament characters that reader
Of the Gospels have longed to visual
ize; while the great ensemble" o
mass scenes have enlisted as man
as 5000 men, women and children.
Learned Scholars Assist De Mill
The producer was fortunate in OF
tanning the active cooperation OF tn
Reverend Doctor George Reid Ar
drews, Chairman of the FEEDERS
Councils Committee on Drama an
Motion Pictures, and of the Revel
end Father Daniel A. Lord. s. j., tn
Drama Professor of the st. Loui
University. The well-known Rabb
DR.. j. M. Alkow, supervised tn
Jewish antiquities, while Cliffor
Howard the writer on Biblical sut
jects, edited the story which wa
adapted from the New Testamer
narrative by Jeanne Macpherson.