Noahs Ark(Warner Bros.) (1928)

DOLORES COSTELLO in “NOAH’S ARK” with GEORGE O'BRIEN—The Spectacle of the Ages 3 anaea@QvouaqQQqqqqquauag MARY (NOW MIRIAM), BETROTHED OF NOAH’S SON, JAPHETH, PREPARED FOR PAGAN SACRIFICE FEATURES FOR NEWSPAPERS JOSEPHUS NOTES “NOAH’S ARK” ’ siniaitia ad mf Josephus, of the first century, classed among profane historians in contradistinction to the inspired writers, speaks of Noah and the Ark. Berosus the Chaldean, a third century historian and priest, also includes the Deluge in his account of actual happenings. He says that before the Flood a race of giants inhabited the world —an impure and idolatrous race, with the exception of one Noah, who dwelt in Syria with his three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth, and their wives. “Noah’s Ark,” Warner Bros. Vitaphone super-special, starring Dolores Costello with George O’Brien—now showing at the.... Theatre—has. ancient sequences which portray the world before and during the Flood. Over ten thousand took part in “Noah’s Ark.” The sets covered more than a square mile. The time of making was three years. Darryl Zanuck write the story, Michael Curtiz directed. NOAH AND HIS\ VINEYARD | While Noah was planting his vineyard, the Devil comes to him and says, What are you doing here, Noah? Planting a vineyard, says Noah. What is the use of a vineyard? says the Devil. Its fruit, says Noah, whether fresh or dry, is sweet and good, and its wine gladdens the heart. Let us work it on shares, says the Devil. Agreed, says Noah. Now, what does the Devil do? He brings a lamb and a lion, a hog and a monkey, sacrifices them on the spot, and mingles their blood with the soil. Wherefore, if a man only eats the fruit of the vineyard, he is mild and gentle as a lamb; if he drinks the wine, he imagines himself a_ lion, and falls into mischief; if he drinks habitually, he becomes unmannerly and disgusting as a hog; if he gets drunk, he jabbers and jumps, and is silly and nasty as a monkey. —The Talmud. Scene From Noahs Ark" starring a Warne® Bros. Production Dolores Costello with George OBrien Production No. 19—Cut or Mat “NOAH’S ARK” REVIVES TALES ABOUT NOAH’S THREE SONS Dolores Costello in ‘“Noah’s Ark,’’? Warner Bros. Vitaphone Super-Special, with George O’Brien, At the... . Theatre Ham, Shem and Japheth, sons|of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and of the patriarch, play prominent| Canaan, who became the founders parts in the Biblical sequences of|of large nations. Cush seems to “Noah’s Ark,” the Warner Bros.| have been the father of the peoples Vitaphone super special starring| dwelling in Babylonia, southern Dolores Costello with George| Arabia and Ethiopia; Nimrod was O’Brien, and now showing at the|his son. Mizraim—the Hebrew . ... Theatre. This is without) word for Egypt—was the ancestor doubt the first time that the|of the Egyptians. Phut was also heroes of the Flood have been|the ancestor of an African people, dramatized, if one makes the ex-|as appears from the association of WHO NOAH WAS AND WHAT . £7 oF Noah is mentioned in the Septuagint, the New Testament, Philo and Josephus. According to Genesis v-x, he was the tenth patriarch in direct line from Adam, counting Adam as the first; the son of Lamech; the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth; and the builder of the Ark, in which he and nis family were saved from the universal flood. After the Flood subsided God made a covenant with Noah permitting the use of animal food, on condition that the flesh be not{i eaten with the blood; and forbidding homicide. ‘ Through Noah’s sons he became the ancestor of the whole human race, The name is mentioned in the genealogy in I Chron. 1-4. The “waters of Noah” occurs in Isaiah, liv. 9,, And Noah is mentioned with Daniel and Job as an ancient worthy in Ezek. xiv. 14, 20. The story is referred to in the New Testament in Matt. xxlv. 87 f.; Luke iii. 86, xvii. 26 f.; Hebr. xi. 7; I Pet. iii. 20 and in II Pet. ii. 5. The name Noah is explained in Genesis v. 29 as connected with the root nhm “comfort,” but this is etymologically impossible. As a Hebrew word it might connect with nuah, “rest;” and the Septuagint has, “he will give us rest;” instead of “he will comfort us;” and this is sometimes accepted as the original reading. HIS NAME CONNOTES As the tenth patriarch Noah corresponds to the tenth prehistoric Babylonian king, Xisuthros in Berosus, and to Ut-Napistim or Atrahasis in the cuneiform tablets, the hero of the Babylonian flood story. Gen. ix. 20-27 is a distinct episode, and has no necessary connection with the narrative of the Deluge. Probably, as Gunkel, Dillmann and others suggest, it came originally from a cycle of oxi ifferent from that which de 20-70 “and Noah, the husbandman, was first to plant a vineyard,” the E> V4 hae Noah began to be an husbandF man, and he planted a vineyard,” is incorrect. It seems, therefore, that in the original context Noah had been described as “the husbandman,” a title in no way suggested by Gen. vi. 9-ix-19. The name also occurs in the Bible (Nova Noa) for the daughter of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh. Zelophehad, having only daughters, the case is made the occasion of laying down the law that where there are no sons daughters inherit, but must marry within their own tribe (Numbers xxvi 33, xxvii i, xxxvi I, Josh. xvii. 3, all Priestly Code). — ception of the opera which was a sequel to the immortal Dryden’s “Fall of Man”—‘Noah’s Flood; or the History of the General Deluge.” George O’Brien gives a magnificent portrayal of the fearless and fiery Japheth in “Noah’s Ark.” This is a dual role, O’Brien in the! earlier, modern sequences of the stupendous spectacle, playing the part of an A.E.F. buddy of the World War. During a vivid story told by a chaplain in the midst of bombardment, the characters, Travis and his sweetheart, Mary— played by Dolores Costello, are wafted back to the days of Noah, playing their parts in the tumult’ and terror of the days before the} Deluge, Travis (Japheth) finally bearing Mary (Miriam) to the safety of the Ark. Of the sons of Noah, sacred history relates much that is of interest to all humanity. Ham— the name being interpreted either as hot or multitude—was the sire his name with the descendants of Cush and the Lydians. Canaan was the ancestor of the Phoenicians and other tribes inhabiting Palestine. Egypt is called “the land of Ham.” Shem—the word meaning name —was the eldest son of Noah. The Jews are his descendants, and besides, there are the Aramaeans, Persians, Assyrians and Arabians. The languages spoken by the descendants of Shem—the Hebrew, Chaldee, Assyrian and Arabic— are called Semitic languages. Japheth—translated as enlargement—is supposed to have been the ancestor of the dwellers in “the isles of the Gentiles’—that is, the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe and Asia Minor—whence they spread northward over the whole continent of Europe and a considerable portion of Asia. “Noah’s Ark,” re-creates with awe-inspiring power and beauty the Biblical scenes. < a Rho Scene From Noahs Ark” starring Dolores Costello :with George OBrien Q@ Warner Bros. Production JAPHETH, SON OF NOAH, IS TORTURED Production No. 20—Cut or Mat