02563nam 2200565 a 450 991077834680332120230120033701.00-19-772366-797801953337951-281-15919-097866111591910-19-804436-41-4356-1770-3(CKB)1000000000482301(EBL)415221(OCoLC)191027949(SSID)ssj0000134442(PQKBManifestationID)11162608(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134442(PQKBWorkID)10054166(PQKB)10795149(Au-PeEL)EBL415221(CaPaEBR)ebr10211802(CaONFJC)MIL115919(MiAaPQ)EBC415221(EXLCZ)99100000000048230120070530d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrD. W. Griffith's The birth of a nation[electronic resource] a history of "the most controversial motion picture of all time" /Melvyn StokesNew York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (424 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533679-8 0-19-533678-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-393) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. Première in Los Angeles; 2. Thomas Dixon Jr.; 3. David Wark Griffith; 4. Making The Birth of a Nation; 5. Transforming the American Movie Audience; 6. Fighting a Vicious Film; 7. Griffith's View of History; 8. After Birth; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn this deeply researched and fascinating study, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception, and continuing history of D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation. The 1915 film introduced many new conventions that would soon come to define American cinema, while it also drew large numbers of middle-class patrons to moviegoing for the first time. Though the film was a landmark aesthetic work, it was also a spectacle of unfettered racism, with a storyline that would inspire both bigotry and distrust. This indispensable account sheds light on both its groundbreaki791.43/72Stokes Melvyn1150480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778346803321D. W. Griffith's The birth of a nation3821686UNINA