Headline
Our Duty Towards the Cinema: Woodbine or Havana?
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1916-06-16
- Publication Year
1916
Page
8
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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Organisation
Summary
England's National Theatre, Drury Lane, is occupied by the cinematograph. The War Office recognized the cinematograph and allowed it to visit the seat of war. The earnings of English film actors in America can indicate the size and resources of the film business. With its scope, the dignity of the cinematograph has increased. And, in general, if the woodbine element must remain, to be controlled as best it may, the Havana element is steadily on the increase. Such an achievement as 'The Birth of a Nation,' which holds large audiences entranced for more than three hours at a stretch, is true Havanna. Gabriele D'Annunzio and J. M. Barrie have written for the cinematograph. – Times
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