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Additional authors

1. Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
2. Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
3. Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956.
4. Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944.
5. Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926.
6. Woods, Frank E.
7. Epoch Producing Corporation.

Found in

1. Lillian Gish papers Professional work files, box 52, folder 12

Description

1. [10 pages] : ill.; 30 cm.

Summary

1. An illustrated program including the cast of characters, an article on D. W. Griffith, a tribute to the motion picture by Rupert Hughes, an article by Thomas Dixon, a plot synopsis, technical details of the motion picture, and a selection of favorable reviews. Illustrated by scenes from the motion picture including cameo portraits of Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Henry Walthall, and Ralph Lewis.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series statement

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Alternative title

1. Birth of a nation.
2. The clansman.

Subject

1. Griffith, D. W (David Wark), 1875-1948
2. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama
3. Programs
4. Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869) Drama
5. Historical re-creations
6. Silent films > United States
7. Harron, Robert, 1894-1920
8. Epics
9. Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937
10. Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974
11. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Drama
12. Walthall, Henry B (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936
13. Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923
14. Motion pictures > United States > 1911-1920
15. Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
16. Long, Walter, 1879-1952
17. Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976
18. Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968

Genre/Form

1. Historical re-creations.
2. Programs.
3. Epics.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1996-011 Lillian Gish papers. Professional work files, box 52, folder 12

Note

1. Title from cover.
2. Souvenir program of the 1915 silent film Birth of a nation, based on Thomas Dixon's story The clansman, scenario by D. W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods, music by Joseph Carl Breil, photography by G. W. Bitzer, under the direction of Epoch Producing Corporation and D. W. Griffith.
3. "The most stupendous and fascinating motion picture drama created in the United States"--Page [1]
4. Cast included Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Reid, Robert Harron, Walter Long, and Donald Crisp.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Title

1. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a nation.

Imprint

1. New York : Epoch Producing Corp., c1915.

Series

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional formats

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Local note

1. Pages separated; edges seriously eroded.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Indexed term

1. Programs

Added author

1. Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
2. Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
3. Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956.
4. Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944.
5. Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926.
6. Woods, Frank E.
7. Epoch Producing Corporation.

Added title

1. The clansman.

Found in:

1. Lillian Gish papers Professional work files, box 52, folder 12

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1996-011 Lillian Gish papers. Professional work files, box 52, folder 12