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The Birth of a Nation was the first movie shown in the White House, in the East Room, on February 18, 1915 (An earlier movie, the Italian Cabiria (1914), was shown on the lawn.). It was attended by President Woodrow Wilson, members of his family, and members of his Cabinet. Both Dixon and Griffith were present.
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 · 1915. “The Birth of A Nation” opens in L.A., glorifying the KKK. On February 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith ’s The Birth of a Nation, a landmark film in the history of cinema, premieres at...
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Mar 30, 2003 · More people may have seen Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916), made in atonement after the protests against "Birth." It says something about my own conflicted state of mind that I included Griffith's "Broken Blossoms" (1919) in the first Great Movies collection, but have only now arrived at "Birth of a Nation." I was avoiding it.
Feb 4, 2015 · Still, as Arthur Lennig recalls in “Myth and Fact: The Reception of The Birth of a Nation,” Griffith must have realized that his picture would be incendiary. When the film made its Los Angeles premiere on February 8, 1915, 17 policemen were on hand to watch for angry audience members.
The Birth of a NationD. W. Griffith's 1915 silent-film epic The Birth of a Nation remained as controversial at the end of the twentieth century as at the beginning, largely because of its sympathetic portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan and of white ascendancy in the defeated South during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War.
Dec 13, 2015 · Courtesy Everett. 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...
