| Description |
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sd., b&w and col. tinted; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Griffith masterworks
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp. |
| Credits |
Produced for video by David Shepard ; supplemental disc produced by Bret Wood ; original score by Joseph Carl Breil ; supplemental music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture. |
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Adapted from the novel The clansman, by Thomas Dixon. |
| Summary |
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| Contents |
Birth of a nation -- Making of The birth of a nation / Film Preservation Associates ; compiled and written by Russell Merritt ; produced by David Shepard ; directed by Robert G. Beecher (1993) -- Prelude to The birth of a nation / [conversation between D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston] (1930) -- In the border states / Biograph Company (1910) -- House with closed shutters / Biograph Company (1910) -- Fugitive / Biograph Company (1910) -- His trust : the faithful devotion and self-sacrifice of an old Negro servant / Biograph Company (1911) -- His trust fulfilled / Biograph Company (1910) -- Swords and hearts / Biograph Company (1911) Battle / Biograph Company (1911) -- New York vs. The birth of a nation -- Posters, ads, souvenir programs -- Excerpts from the novel -- D.W. Griffith on the making of The birth of a nation. |
| Language |
Silent dialog with music. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama.
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Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Short films.
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Silent films.
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Historical films.
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| Added Author |
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Woods, Frank E.
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Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944.
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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
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Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
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Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
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Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976.
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Alden, Mary, 1883-1946.
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Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937.
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Siegmann, George.
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Long, Walter, 1879-1952.
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Harron, Robert, 1894-1920.
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Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923.
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Henabery, Joseph, 1887-1976.
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Clifton, Elmer, 1890-1949.
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Crowell, Josephine, 1849-1932.
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Aitken, Spottiswoode, 1869-1933.
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Beranger, George André, 1893-1973.
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Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980.
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Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950.
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Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946.
Clansman.
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Biograph Company.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Note |
Subtitle on container: Civil War films of D.W. Griffith |
| Other Standard Identifier |
738329026622 |
| Publisher No. |
K266 Kino on Video |
| Branch Call Number |
DVD MOVIE B |
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