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Title:

The birth of a nation [videorecording] / D.W. Griffith presents ; produced under the direction of D.W. Griffith ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Collector's ed.

Publisher:

Kino on Video,

Copyright Date:

c1992

Description:

2 videocassettes (187 min.) : sd., col. tinted ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Birth of a nation (Motion picture).
Feature films.
Silent films

Other Authors:

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
Woods, Frank E.,
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) 1878-1936,
Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976.
Harron, Robert, 1894-1920.
Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923,
Love, Bessie.
Lincoln, Elmo, 1889-1952.
Walsh, Raoul, 1892-
Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974.
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944.
Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926.
Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Clansman
Merritt, Russell.
Shepard, David.
Kino International Corporation.

Other Titles:

Making of The birth of a nation.

Notes:

Adapted from the novel, The clansman, by Thomas Dixon. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1915. Contains: The making of The birth of a nation, compiled and written by Russell Merritt ; produced by David Shepard ; directed by Roger G. Beecher. Durations: 157 min.; 30 min. Stereo. Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp.

Summary:

The most popular silent film of all time, this Civil War epic focuses on the northern Stoneman family, and the southern Cameron family before, during, and after the Civil War. Portrays life in the South during Reconstruction as rife with conflict between the defeated southern whites and the emancipated, renegade Blacks, which is resolved through the inception of the Ku Klux Klan.

Series:

Masterworks of D.W. Griffith

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38562167

Locations:

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)