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The birth of a nation Cover Image DVD DVD

The birth of a nation [DVD] / produced exclusively by D.W. Griffith ; made under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods ; Epoch Producing Corporation.

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 (Added Author). Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968 (Added Author). Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936 (Added Author). Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976 (Added Author). Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937 (Added Author). Siegmann, George. (Added Author). Long, Walter, 1879-1952 (Added Author). Harron, Robert, 1894-1920 (Added Author). Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923 (Added Author). Clifton, Elmer, 1890-1949 (Added Author). Ford, John, 1894-1973 (Added Author). Lincoln, Elmo, 1889-1952 (Added Author). White, Jules, (Added Author). Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957 (Added Author). Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 (Added Author). Woods, Frank E. (Added Author). Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926 (Added Author). Beheim, Eric. (Added Author). Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946 Clansman. (Added Author). Epoch Producing Corporation. (Added Author). Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Elmer Clifton, John Ford, Elmo Lincoln, Jules White, Erich von Stroheim. (Cast).

Summary:

The Stoneman and Cameron families fight on different sides in the Civil War. After the war is over, they return to a South changed by Reconstruction.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (187 min.) : si., b&w and tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Standard format.
  • Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 1998, c1915.

Content descriptions

General Note:
At head of title : D. W. Griffith presents.
At head of title on container : David Wark Griffith presents.
Cast information from Internet Movie Database.
Based on the novel : The clansman / Thomas Dixon.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1915.
Includes original score by Joseph Carl Briel, conducted by Eric Beheim.
Includes featurette The making of The birth of a nation (24 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, G.W. Bitzer ; score, Joseph Carl Briel.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Elmer Clifton, John Ford, Elmo Lincoln, Jules White, Erich von Stroheim.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby digital stereo.; region 1.
Language Note:
Silent with English intertitles.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library.

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