The Birth of a Nation
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The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman
Theatrical release poster
The film's portrayal of the Siege of Petersburg, led by Ben Cameron
Hooded Klansmen catch Gus, portrayed in blackface by white actor Walter Long
George Siegmann, Ralph Lewis, Lillian Gish, and Henry B. Walthall in a scene of the film
D. W. Griffith
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David Wark Griffith was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art o
The Birth of a Nation
…The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan…
Griffith in 1922
Griffith c. 1907
Left to right: Griffith, cameraman Billy Bitzer (behind Pathé camera), Dorothy Gish (watching from behind Bitzer), Karl Brown (keeping script) and Miriam Cooper (in profile) in a production still for Intolerance (1916)
The first million-dollar partners: Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin and Griffith