Moving Picture Age (1920) . or Herod will seek the o destroy him 10 MOVING PICTURE AGE December, 1920 locations visited. Armed guards frequently were neces-sary when visiting sections overrun by bandits. Atmos-pheric conditions were found to be unusually good—themost perfect for photography of any place in the world,and wonderfully clear negatives are the result. As the film covers the life of Christ, an outline ofthe six reels will hardly be necessary. However, a fewwords on how it is planned and carried through will beof interest. In the first place, the film carries throughchronologically t
Moving Picture Age (1920) . or Herod will seek the o destroy him 10 MOVING PICTURE AGE December, 1920 locations visited. Armed guards frequently were neces-sary when visiting sections overrun by bandits. Atmos-pheric conditions were found to be unusually good—themost perfect for photography of any place in the world,and wonderfully clear negatives are the result. As the film covers the life of Christ, an outline ofthe six reels will hardly be necessary. However, a fewwords on how it is planned and carried through will beof interest. In the first place, the film carries throughchronologically the life of Christ, beginning with theAnnunciation. Bible quotations are used throughout thefilm for subtitles, with the reference to the book, chapterand verse included. No one book is used to give eithertitles or action but the sequence as gathered from allauthentic sources is woven together into one story. TheAnnunciation is followed by the trip to Bethlehem, thebirth of the Saviour, the visit of the Magi, the agitation. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simons, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And- he sat down and taught the people out of the ship of Herod, the flight to Egypt, on through the boyhoodvisit to Jerusalem and His experience with the wise menin the temple. This is followed by the scenes showing the story ofHis life. One impressive scene is the Last Supper, re-produced as a frontispiece. This shoAvs Judas justafter Christ has said, Verily, I say unto you. One ofyou which eateth with me shall betray me. Judas is inthe center in the foreground and shows his guilt by hisactions. The other disciples seem surprised at the ac-cusation that a traitor is among them. The betrayal, thetrial, and finally the crucifixion are painted clearly andinterestingly. To be seen once is to be anticipated againand, like the story, the film is new always. Viewing the picture ofTers one of the greatest op-portunities to review the Sunday scho
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