The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-28
Memories
City Will Pay Tribute to
Woodrow Wilson at
Film Showing.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES,
n presenting the Woodrow Will
son Memorial today, is en-
deavoring to perform a service of
lasting benefit to this city.
AS q tribute to our war Presi-
oent, Woodrow Wilson, this screen
masterpiece can not be surpassed.
But that is only part of it's value
10 the community. It's educational
worth can not be expressed in mere
laudatory words. 1t is a lesson in
american and world history which
years of high school and college
study could not give, a vivid, com
peIhng story of & decade that ranks
IN Importance above any other
since the dawn of civilization. It
is a lesson OF inestimable worth
for every child, every man and
every woman.
Then, too, it is presented with
the worthiest of purposes-to help
relieve the want into which MANY
Of the families of the CITY have
been plunged during the last two
years Of depression. Proceeds, above
expenses, will go to the made-work
committee, to aid the citys jobIess
AS a cinema spectacle alone. the
picture is worth many times the
price Of admission to Keith's thea
ter. where showings will be given
at 2, 4 6 and p. m. today. But
The entertainment of the moment
sinks into insignificance compared
with It's value in manifold other
ways which will remain with all
who see it.
IN smashing dramatic situations.
j in pathos, in tragedy, in minute
fidelity to detail, it is doubtful if
any other picture as great as this
one ever has been filmed.
Starting with Woodrow Wilson
in Princeton, then in the Gov
ernor's chair in New Jersey, fol-
lowing his career through his cleo
ton as President of the United
States, through the stormy days
preceding Americas entrance into
the World war, then through the
great conflict and the days of
tragedy following, until Wilson
rests at last in his grave, 1t is an
epic Of the screen.
You have seen "All Quiet on the
Western Front" Wings and
score Of other marvellous war pic
lures, but in none of them did you
witness any war scenes more COM
pelling, more true, none carrying
a greater lesson for peace than in
the Woodrow Wilson Film-Meno-
rial.
Many who never saw him be-
fore will see the wartime Presi-
dent today more intimately than
they ever could have been permit
ted to see him while alive. His
faithful followers will spend hours
of the closest possible companion
ship with the man who, above all
other men of this epoch, provided
such an example of unselfish
service as will stand as model for
all other men for all time.
TODAY'S audience will be alter
l. nately applauding and weep
ing as it follows the wartime lead
err, first of all up to the pinnacle
of his prodigious success, when he
literally was worshipped by the
world. and then down into the
depths, where he is revealed de-
serted by his own people, dying
eventually the death of martyr
to his ideals.
At times the assembly will give
tumulouS ovationS. At other times,
during the tense scenes, it will be
as silent as a cathedral.
Tt is urged again that every one
reach the place of presentation a
little before time. This will serve
to make handling the crowds
easier, insuring seats promptly to
as many as possible, and it also
will enable patrons to witness the
Film Memorial in its natural, his
torical sequence, from beginning to
end.
Today's presentation of the
woodrow Wilson Film Memorial is
being given for the double pur-
pose of enabling citizens to witness
the inspiring picture and, stimuli
taneously, procuring a perpetual
copy of it for the community.
Abundance fee for adults is so
cents and for children, rs cents.
Tickets will be sold only at the
entrance when seats are available.