The Birth of a Nation (1915): Continuity script
directed by D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948; produced by D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948, D. W. Griffith Productions and Epoch Producing Corporation; performed by Robert Harron, 1893-1920, Henry B. Walthall, 1878-1936, Mae Marsh, 1894-1968, Lillian Gish, 1893-1993, Miriam Cooper, 1891-1976, Mary Alden, 1883-1946, Ralph Lewis, 1872-1937, George Siegmann, 1882-1928 and Walter Long, 1879-1952 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 1915, first release 1915), 200 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- Almost a century after its release, THE BIRTH OF A NATION remains one of the most controversial films ever made... a landmark achievement that continues to fascinate and enrage audiences. It is the epic story of two families, one northern and one southern, during and after the Civil War. D.W. Griffith's masterful direction combines brilliant battle scenes and tender romance with a vicious portrayal of African Americans. It was the greatest feature-length blockbuster yet to be produced in the United States, and the first to be shown in the White House. After seeing the film, President Woodrow Wilson declared it was "like writing history with lightning!" In cities and states across the country, the film energized the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which tried to have the film banned, or at least the most gruesome scenes censored. The film also inspired African Americans to move into film-making as a way to offer alternative images and stories.
- Field of Interest
- Film
- Accolades / Awards
- Won 1992, National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry
- Publisher
- Alexander Street Press
- Director
- D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948
- Content Type
- Script
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- History, Silent Film, War, Drama
- Original Release Date
- 1915
- Page Count
- 200
- Performer
- Robert Harron, 1893-1920, Henry B. Walthall, 1878-1936, Mae Marsh, 1894-1968, Lillian Gish, 1893-1993, Miriam Cooper, 1891-1976, Mary Alden, 1883-1946, Ralph Lewis, 1872-1937, George Siegmann, 1882-1928, Walter Long, 1879-1952
- Producer
- D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948
- Producer - Institution
- D. W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Producing Corporation
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Publisher
- Alexander Street
- Place Published / Released
- Alexandria, VA
- Release Date
- 1915
- Subject
- Film, Literature, Music & Performing Arts, Literature & Language, 1910s, African-Americans, Racism, Family, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, World War I, 1914-1918, 1910s, Ku Klux Klan, United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, John Wilkes Booth, 1838-1865, Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885, Robert Edward Lee, 1807-1870, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, Charles Sumner, 1811-1874, Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, South Carolina, Elsie Stoneman, Flora Cameron, Colonel Ben Cameron, Tod Stoneman, Margaret Cameron, Lydia, Honorable Austin Stoneman, Silas Lynch, Gus
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- 1910s