Headline
The World of Cinema: Films and Features [By Londoner to the 'S. C. M. Post']
Publication Date
1919-12-05
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Publication Year
1919
Page
11
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Birth of a Nation (View more)
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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Broken Blossoms (View more)
Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Thomas Burke (adapted from 'The Chink and the Child' by)
Country
USA
Released
1919-10-20
Runtime
90 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Not Rated
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Male and Female (View more)
Actors
Thomas Meighan
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Writer
Jeanie Macpherson
Country
USA
Released
1919-11-23
Runtime
116 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
Rated
Not Rated
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Summary

The beginning of the winter finds the British film in a much stronger position. The article included opinions from Mr. William A. Brady and also talked about the British productions. One of the most important development is the formation of the Alliance Company, which has purchased probably the largest film studios in the world, the Harrow Weald Park. Another interesting announcement is made by the Broadwest Company of preparing a super film showing the life story of Mary Queen of Scots, featuring Violet Hopson as the main character. There are examples of novel adaption into film, Mr. D. N. Griffiths' [sic] 'The Birth of a Nation,' and 'Broken Blossoms' are mentioned, as well as 'Male and Female,' 'The Perfect Gentleman.'

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