[HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE OF "NOAH'S ARK" 1928]

[Music] [Applause] you are back in the year 1928 you are heading down Hollywood Boulevard toward an event that reached its peak of Glamour in the Roaring 20s the Hollywood opening night crowds jamm the sidewalks to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars but 30 years have passed how many do you remember now Clapper Olive bordon and veral George O'Brien dignified John BS Ruth Roland Queen of the cereals the Beloved Lionel baramore boyish William ker Jr ceil B de Mill producer director and showman writer darl F xanic Dustin Bane [Applause] lovely and Charming Irene Rich ma Idol Conrad Nagel Gus Edwards who wrote school days comedian Benny Ruben swab funny Reginal Denny dashing Ben lion strong silent Monty blue producer Jack Warner Mrs Warner and a youngster who grew into a producer himself Jack Warner Jr movie Pioneer Samuel goldwood Joseph skank with Lily deita who later married Errol Flynn good-natured Gwyn Big Boy Williams Noah Berry and Zid groman of Gran's Chinese Theater seen of this glittering Premiere the beautiful Dolores Castello wife of John baramore and star of Noah's AR the film to be at last unveiled inside for 3 years Noah's Arc had been in production it's cast numbered 10,000 its cost highest till then was $2 million in a day when a new car could be bought for $500 now from Hollywood Boulevard we move across the continent to the great white way its lights a glow in an age of prosperity prohibition and flaming youth we are traveling toward the Winter Garden theater for the Broadway opening of Noah's Arc destined to astonish the tough New York critics the daily news said it surpass es everything of its kind ever given to the cinema before the sun called it one of the finest examples of spectacle that the movies have ever offered the Herald Tribune reported it contains some of the most stirring episodes in the anals of the screen the world hailed it a masterpiece and said it adds to the record of the motion picture another major moment of which it may well be proud since these comons were made the years have rolled by acting Styles have changed stories have grown more sophisticated but we think you'll discover the suspense and Grandeur of this film remain undimmed by time so come inside we believe that like the audiences of three decades ago you'll find excitement and inspiration in Noah's Ark