The Birth of a Nation (1915) | |
| Director(s) | D.W. Griffith |
| Producer(s) | D.W. Griffith, H.E. Aitken (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Epic, Historical, Romance, Silent Films, War |
| Top Topics | Brothers, Civil War, Old South |
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The Birth of a Nation (1915) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by D.W. Griffith and produced by D.W. Griffith and H.E. Aitken.
The Birth of a Nation was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992.
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Classic Films in Focus: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoD.W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic is one of those films that every serious student of film probably needs to sit through at some point, but for the modern viewer The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a very hard pill to swallow. Lauded by film critics who praise its technique while deploring its polit... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoD.W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic is one of those films that every serious student of film probably feels obligated to sit through at some point, but for the modern viewer The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a very hard pill to swallow. Lauded by film critics who praise its technique while deploring... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoD.W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic is one of those films that every serious student of film probably feels obligated to sit through at some point, but for the modern viewer The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a very hard pill to swallow. Lauded by film critics who praise its technique while deploring... Read full article
10 Things About The Birth of a Nation
By Brandy Dean on Feb 8, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsIf you’re going to love silent cinema or if you’re going to make a study of the early development of movies, you’re gonna have to butt heads with D.W. Griffith. And you’re going to have to come to some kind of truce with The Birth of a Nation. We all know the problems with th... Read full article
The Birth of a Nation
By Janelle Vreeland on Sep 19, 2011 From CurtainsThe Birth of a Nation (1915) There is no question about the influence director D.W. Griffith has had on the art of filmmaking. He invented techniques that we take for granted today. And what he did not invent himself, he certainly perfected. Unfortunately, his genius was tarnished by the racist to... Read full article
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Quotes from The Birth of a Nation
Flora Cameron: [to Gus] Stay away or I'll jump!
Flora Cameron: [letter to Ben] - and you have really grown a moustache - oh my! I'm just dying, dying to see you. Well, I'm growing up too - they say I'm such a big girl now you wouldn't know me. XXXXXX Kisses Your little
[crossed out]
Flora Cameron: big Sis
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Facts about The Birth of a Nation
Because of the racist overtones of the movie, it was banned in several major cities, such as Los Angeles and Chicago.
Because of the huge importance of this film, it is suspected that some actors may have exaggerated claims to have worked on the film in order to bolster their resume. Among the unconfirmed cast members are John Ford, who claimed to have played a Klansman riding with one hand holding up his hood over one eye so he could see better. Such a Klansman is visible in the film and may indeed have been Ford. Despite frequently being credited as a "Piedmont Girl", actress Bessie Love denied claims that she ever appeared in this film. Erich von Stroheim for years claimed to be the stunt man who falls from a roof (breaking two ribs in the process), but assistant director Joseph Henabery strongly denied that von Stroheim was ever on a D.W. Griffith set until after Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages. Some have claimed to spot what appears to be a blackfaced von Stroheim as a voter in the election poll scene. error, who was on the set of the film in 1915, claimed that the actor who did the roof-fall stunt was in fact Indian actor Charles Eagle Eye.
