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Birth of a nation

Title
Birth of a nation / directed by D. W. Griffith.
Publication
New York : Kino on Video, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
  • Woods, Frank E.
  • Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
  • Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
  • Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
  • Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976.
  • Merritt, Russell
  • Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
  • Kino International Corporation
Description
2 videocassettes (217 min.) : sound, tinted and black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
A controversial civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
Series Statement
The masterworks of D.W. Griffith
Uniform Title
  • Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
  • Masterworks of D.W. Griffith.
Alternative Title
  • D. W. Griffith's The birth of a nation.
  • Making of The birth of a nation.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Film adaptations.
  • Historical films.
  • Silent films.
  • War films.
Note
  • Special contents of this edition : "The Making of The birth of a Nation" written by Russell Merritt, 1992. (30 min. ; sound, color and black and white).
  • Story by D. W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1915.
  • Remastered with orginal color tints, and with musical soundtrack added. Original 1930 score composed and compiled by Joseph Carl Breil; new orchestral score arranged and conducted by Eric Beheim.
  • Based on the novel "The clansman" and the play "The Leopard's spots" by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
Credits (note)
  • Producer, D.W. Griffith ; story, D. W. Griffiths & Frank E. Woods ; photography, W. W. Bitzer and Karl Brown. original 1930 score composed and compiled by Joseph Carl Breil; new orchestral score arranged and conducted by Eric Beheim.
Performer (note)
  • Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-331
OCLC
40874409
Title
Birth of a nation / directed by D. W. Griffith.
Publisher
New York : Kino on Video, 1993.
Edition
Special deluxe edition, collector's edition
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videocassette
Series
The masterworks of D.W. Griffith
Masterworks of D.W. Griffith.
Cast
Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper.
Credits
Producer, D.W. Griffith ; story, D. W. Griffiths & Frank E. Woods ; photography, W. W. Bitzer and Karl Brown. original 1930 score composed and compiled by Joseph Carl Breil; new orchestral score arranged and conducted by Eric Beheim.
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Added Author
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Woods, Frank E., screenwriter.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976.
Merritt, Russell, writer.
Motion picture adaptation of (work) Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946. Clansman.
Kino International Corporation.
Added Title
Making of The birth of a nation.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-331
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