"INTOLERANCE"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3099, 1 June 1917, Page 7

"INTOLERANCE"

. STOR.T OF A GREAT PICTURE. The story of "Intolerance," the wonderful I). W. Griffith picturo. to bo shown at the King's Theatre for a seaton, commencing Tuesday night next, under tho direction of J.,C. Wi^ 3 ™^ o "' .Ltd., is one themo told in four soparato tales, side, by sido. Tho modern story nhows how it is' possible for men pretending philanthropy to work injury anil misery to their fellows. In tho second tale is seen the- Man of men, thd humble Nazareno. walking among and teaching •His people, teaching tho law of lovo" and tolerance! Ho is fjeen to fall beneath tho lash of tho Roman soldiery, andlo f perish on tho Cross of Calvary. Tho third story is placed in Franco in tho Middle. Ages. The magnificence of tho dissolute Court of Charles IX is displayed, and hero tho tragic love-story of "Littlo Brown Eyes" is told-a. tragedy which culminated in the massacre of tho Hugenots. Tho fourth .story is placed in. ancient Babylon, at tho timo of Bclshazzar. Belshazzar madly adored tho "Beloved Princess" (Mao Marsh). Tho "Mountain Girl" (Constance Talmagc). worshipped him from afar. Cyrus, tho Conqueror of tho World, attacks Babylon, and whilst tho "Beloved Princess" prays for Belshazzar in tho temples, tho'Mountain Girl" fights for him on tho wails. Bclshazzar combats to tho gates of his palace, and dies, stricken with wounds, in tho arms of "Tho Beloved Princess." The modern portion of Iho story lakes place in New York, and is a thrilling Wo of the struggles ot "Tho Dear Ono" (Lilian Gish) and tho "Boy" (Robert Harron), both poetic victims of a conscienceless plutocracy. It takes «mio two hundred principals and (iO.OOO others to interpret "Intolerance." The box plans for tho first six nights will be opened at Iho Bristol this morning.