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It was the first non-serial American 12-reel film ever made. Its plot, part fiction and part history, chronicles the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth and the relationship of two families in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras over the course of several years—the pro- Union ( Northern ) Stonemans and the pro- Confederacy ...
Lillian Gish and Henry B. Walthall in The Birth of a Nation (1915), directed by D.W. Griffith. The Birth of a Nation, landmark silent film starring Lillian Gish, released in 1915, that was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit. It was the longest and most-profitable film then produced and the most artistically advanced film of its day.
Feb 9, 2010 · On February 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, a landmark film in the history of cinema, premieres at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles. The film was America’s first feature...
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Feb 8, 2015 · But The Birth of a Nation, far from falling into oblivion, led to the birth of Hollywood. Instant Praise And Protests Lehr says the film was the Avatar or Star Wars of 1915: It was a runaway...
Dec 13, 2015 · A hundred years ago, on February 8, 1915, D. W. Griffith released “The Birth of a Nation.” The movie became the fledgling film industry’s first blockbuster. It ran for over three...
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Mar 3, 2015 · A century ago, on March 3, 1915, the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history opened in New York. “The Birth of a Nation” had premiered in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, and on Feb. 18 it ...
Jul 29, 2013 · Xan Brooks. Mon 29 Jul 2013 10.31 EDT. The birth of cinema was brutal and ugly, and the photographic evidence comes with a health warning attached. The Birth of a Nation, directed by DW...
