Those who love the Photodrama of Creation will
recognize these frames from the end of the sequence on the flood, with the
tinted sequence of the ark that ends with the rainbow appearing.
After the footage was meticulously copied frame by
frame, the key nitrate stock in private hands was donated to the George Eastman
museum as they have the professional facilities for its preservation.
Also the following document has come to light from
the time which details the order and contents of all the slides and moving
pictures from the production.
Interestingly it is dated November 17, 1914, and
stresses that this revised schedule should be followed “implicitly.” Although
the Photodrama started life as a three parter for a very short time, it had been
shown in four parts for most of 1914. The extra part was not so much adding
extra material as making each performance of a more manageable length for audiences
of the day. But one wonders what changes were deemed necessary by November of
that year.
CTR does not want Foto-Drama to be displayed in any other subordinate rooms. He wanted them to be theaters, not churches (see publications indicated). Therefore, that everyone can come and watch, regardless of beliefs:
ReplyDelete„The amount of money at our disposal being limited, we are moving very cautiously, and going merely where the Lord seems to open the door by giving us especially low rates on auditoriums. We seek to hire theaters of good class not doing prosperous business, whose business managers are glad, therefore, to let us have their buildings at a price little or no more than the cost of the light, heat and janitorage, hoping for some other compensation through the publicity it will bring to their house by advertising” (The Watchtower April 1, 1914 p. 5433, reprint).
„In no case should we use an inferior Auditorium, nor one in a poor location, even if it were offered free” (The Watchtower May 1, 1914 p. 5456, reprint).