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Title:

The birth of a nation / made by D.W. Griffith.

Publisher:

Thunderbird,

Copyright Date:

1915

Description:

3 film reels (120 min.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm

Subject:

Feature films.

Other Authors:

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79083582
Woods, Frank E. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97008314
Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Clansman.

Notes:

Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Wallace, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Reid. Based on the novel The clansman, by Thomas Dixon. Library's copy "Motion Picture 56": Gift of State Library of Iowa. IaU Library's copy "Motion Picture 56": State Library of Iowa Media Catalog (1993), volume 1, (MP)5011 IaU

Summary:

Fictional account of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the founding of the Ku Klux Klan (as a means of suppressing lawless rampaging by blacks). The plot concerns the interconnections between two influential families, one southern, one northern. This work, one of the first to realize film's possibilities as an art form, provoked considerable protest because of its extreme racial bias.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)148115920

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)