Thomas ince civilization meaning
Thomas ince civilization meaning
Thomas ince civilization meaning of name!
Out of the Vaults: “Civilization”, 1916
On October 21, 1916, the La Crosse Tribune carried a full-page advertisement for the next day’s release of Thomas Ince’s epic silent movie Civilization. Under a black and white picture of a listing ship going down in a storm as a lifeboat full of people foundered nearby, the breathless headline proclaimed:
Thos.
H. Ince’s $1,000,000.00 SPECTACLE
Vividly Pictures the Modern Menace of SUBMARINE WARFARE
A Masterpiece that throws a glaring light on the world’s flaunting boast of a higher progress.
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Actual Sinking of an Ocean Liner.Two Battleships Sunk by United States Navy.$18,000 Used for Ammunition in One Battle.40,000 People Employed.10,000 Horses in Thrilling Cavalry Charges.40 Aeroplanes in Great Air Battle.Every Death-dealing Device Known to Modern War in Operation.One Year in the Making.Cost $1,000,000.00.Entire Cities Built and Destroyed.