The birth of a nation [videorecording (DVD)] / produced ... by D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken]; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods ; David W. Griffith Corporation
Contributor(s): Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) | Gish, Lillian | Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) | Marsh, Mae | Cooper, Miriam | Harron, Robert | Reid, Wallace | Crisp, Donald | Walsh, Raoul | Dixon, Thomas. Clansman | Aitken, Harry E | Gish, Lillian | Film Preservation Associates | Image Entertainment (Firm).
Series: Blackhawk Films collection.Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c1992Description: 1 videodisc (187 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: David Wark Griffith presents the birth of a nation [Title on container:].Subject(s): Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869) -- Drama | Feature films | Silent films | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 BIR 1992 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SLASx,05000,01,GR | 1000525436 |
Adapted from: The clansman / Thomas Dixon
Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915
Some segments are color tinted and some are sepia toned
Special features: The making of The birth of a nation, compiled and written by Russell Merritt, produced and narrated by David Shepard, and produced by Film Preservation Associates in 1992 (24 min.); other related materials
Photography, G.W. Bitzer; music, Joseph Carl Breil; assistant directors, Eric Von Stroheim, Jack Conway & Raoul Walsh; produced for video by David Shepard and Film Preservation Associates
Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh
DVD; Dolby digital stereo, standard version.
Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992