Document: film title: The birth of a nation / Document: film production year: 1916

1. A great folly, and a small one

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Pauline Kael

Publication date:

1968 Feb 24

Document source:

New Yorker, The

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916

2. Aspects of the familiar: A defense of minority group stereotyping in the popular film

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Maurice Yacowar

Publication date:

1974

Document source:

Literature/Film Quarterly

Number of pages:

6

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
Bronenosets Potemkin (Battleship Potemkin) — Eisenstein, Sergei — Soviet Union — 1925

3. British rights to Birth of a nation and Intolerance purchased

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916

4. D. W. Griffith: a research guide

Record type:

document

Document type:

study guide

Document source:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Document contains:

cost info, distribution co, and tech credits

Number of pages:

4

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
True heart Susie — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Sally of the sawdust — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1925
That Royle girl — Griffith, D. W. — No country known — 1925
The sorrows of Satan — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1926
Abraham Lincoln — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1930
The twilight revellers — Griffith, D. W. — No country known — 1945

5. D.W. Griffith touring show

Record type:

document

Document type:

program note

Document author(s):

Tom Gunning and Ron Mottram

Publication date:

1975

Document source:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, cost info, and filmography

Number of pages:

40

Related films:

Those awful hats — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1909
The country doctor — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1909
A corner in wheat — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1909
The fugitive — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1910
The unchanging sea — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1910
The honor of his family — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1910
The Lonedale operator — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1911
What shall we do with our old? — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1911
Bobby the coward — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1911
Enoch Arden — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1911
Brutality — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1911
The girl and her trust — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
The musketeers of Pig Alley — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
The painted lady — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
An unseen enemy — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
The lady and the mouse — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
Death's marathon — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1913
The mothering heart — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1913
The avenging conscience — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1914
The battle at Elderbush Gulch — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1914
The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
A romance of Happy Valley — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1918
Hearts of the world — Griffith, D. W. — United States; England; United Kingdom Misc. Islands — 1918
True heart Susie — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
The girl who stayed at home — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Broken blossoms — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Way down east — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1920
Orphans of the storm — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1921
The white rose — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1923
America — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1924
Isn't life wonderful — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1924
The struggle — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1931

6. D.W. Griffith: Part two: The feature films: 1914-1931

Record type:

document

Document type:

program note

Document author(s):

Tom Gunning and Ron Mottram

Publication date:

1975 Jan 23

Document source:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, cost info, and filmography

Number of pages:

64

Related films:

The guerrilla — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1908
The house with closed shutters — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1909
The transformation of Mike — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
Home folks — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
Under burning skies — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
The sunbeam — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
The massacre — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1912
Judith of Bethulia — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1913
Her mother's oath — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1913
The avenging conscience — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1914
Home, sweet home — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1914
The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
A romance of Happy Valley — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1918
Hearts of the world — Griffith, D. W. — United States; England; United Kingdom Misc. Islands — 1918
True heart Susie — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
The greatest question — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Scarlet days — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
The mother and the law — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
The fall of Babylon — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Broken blossoms — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Way down east — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1920
The idol dancer — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1920
The love flower — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1920
Orphans of the storm — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1921
Dream street — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1921
One exciting night — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1922
The white rose — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1923
America — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1924
Isn't life wonderful — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1924
Sally of the sawdust — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1925
The sorrows of Satan — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1926
The battle of the sexes — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1928
Drums of love — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1928
Lady of the pavements — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1929
Abraham Lincoln — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1930
The struggle — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1931

7. Gish's achievement award

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

March 3, 1984

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
Broken blossoms — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Orphans of the storm — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1921

8. Hollywood honors Lillian Gish for work that stands the test of time

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Aljean Harmetz

Publication date:

1984 Mar 1

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
Broken blossoms — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Way down east — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1920
La boheme — Vidor, King — United States — 1926
The wind — Sjöström, Victor — United States — 1928
The Night of the hunter — Laughton, Charles — No country known — 1955
A wedding — Altman, Robert — United States — 1978

9. Lillian Gish

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Kevin Brownlow

Publication date:

1984 Mar

Document source:

American Film

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

6

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
Hearts of the world — Griffith, D. W. — United States; England; United Kingdom Misc. Islands — 1918
Broken blossoms — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
Way down east — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1920
Orphans of the storm — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1921
The Scarlet letter — Sjöström, Victor — No country known — 1926
La boheme — Vidor, King — United States — 1926
The wind — Sjöström, Victor — United States — 1928
Duel in the sun — Vidor, King; Brower, Otto; Dieterle, William; Franklin, Sidney; Von Sternberg, Josef; Selznick, David O.; Menzies, William Cameron — United States — 1946
The Night of the hunter — Laughton, Charles — No country known — 1955
A wedding — Altman, Robert — United States — 1978

10. Lillian Gish - a tribute to a trouper

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Anita Loos

Publication date:

1980 Sep 14

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Intolerance — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1916
Broken blossoms — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1919
The Scarlet letter — Sjöström, Victor — No country known — 1926
La boheme — Vidor, King — United States — 1926

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