Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80024150
Title:
The birth of a nation / David W. Griffith Corp., Epoch Producing Corporation ; production under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Publisher:
Film Preservation Associates ;
Copyright Date:
1994
Description:
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 12 in. + 1 program (20 pages)
Silent film with English intertitles and orchestral score added. Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp. Based on the novel The clansman, by Thomas Dixon. Originally released as a motion picture in 1915. "From the Blackhawk films collection"--Container. Includes a 24 minute documentary film: The making of The birth of a nation / compiled and written by Russell Merritt ; produced by David Shepard ; directed by Robert G. Beecher (c1993). Includes a reproduction of the original program from the world's premiere of the film.
Summary:
Epic story of two families during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Controversial for heroic portrayal of Ku Klux Klan.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)42715510
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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