Headline
The Birth of a Nation': Wonder-Picture at the Coronet
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1924-01-14
- Publication Year
1924
Page
6
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Birth of a Nation
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Thomas Dixon Jr. (adapted from his novel: "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan")
Country
USA
Released
1915-03-21
Runtime
195 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Awards
2 wins.
Rated
TV-PG
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Summary
Crowded houses have welcomed D. W. Griffith's 'The Birth of a Nation' at the Coronet. Lillian Gish and Henry B. Walthall are the stars. As a representation of history, 'The Birth of a Nation' is unparalleled in movie annals. There is also a charming love story, treated in the eminently human fashion peculiar to Griffith.
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