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1. "Birth of a nation" for London

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1915

Document source:

Moving Picture World, The

Number of pages:

1

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2. "Birth of a nation" -- Propaganda as history

Record type:

document

Document type:

manuscript

Document author(s):

John Hope Franklin

Publication date:

1977

Number of pages:

31

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3. "Birth of a nation" bill becomes law

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1915 Jun

Document source:

Moving Picture World, The

Number of pages:

1

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4. "Birth of a nation" dies after attack

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Philip Hager

Publication date:

1980 Jun 13

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Number of pages:

1

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5. "Birth of a nation" due for remake---cost, $8,000,000

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1954 Dec 02

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

illustrations

Number of pages:

1

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6. "Birth of a nation" in Norfolk, Virginia

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1915 Oct 09

Document source:

Moving Picture World, The

Number of pages:

1

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7. "Birth of a nation" revival here declared a good turn for reds

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Walter White

Publication date:

1947 Oct 19

Document source:

New York Herald Tribune

Number of pages:

1

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8. "Birth of nation" at 20 cents puts Barton, Vt., on map

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document

Document type:

article

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cast credits

Number of pages:

1

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9. "Birth" blasted by Harry Brandt

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1947

Document contains:

cast credits

Number of pages:

1

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10. "Nation" film back for third showing

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1918

Number of pages:

1

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11. "Nation," passed by censors, will be shown in Philadelphia

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1915 Sep 04

Document source:

Motion Picture News

Number of pages:

1

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12. "The birth of a nation" plagued by money headaches from start

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Bob (Critic) Thomas

Publication date:

1954

Document contains:

illustrations

Number of pages:

1

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13. "The clansman" is wonderful

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document source:

Riverside Daily Press

Document contains:

bibliography

Number of pages:

1

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14. "The sword became a flashing vision": D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Michael Paul Rogin

Publication date:

1985

Document source:

Representations

Number of pages:

23

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15. A bad show all around

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Daniel Wilkens

Publication date:

1980 Jun 14

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

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16. A graceful toast to miss Gish

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Michael Grieg

Publication date:

1968

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Number of pages:

1

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17. 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

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18. A leap forward that tugs backward

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Dave Kehr

Publication date:

2011 Nov 27

Document source:

New York Tribune

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

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19. A prim star dollies in on her director

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Tom Prideaux

Publication date:

May 2, 1979

Document source:

Life Magazine

Number of pages:

1

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20. A statement by the Roosevelt University Film Society regarding the showing of The birth of a nation

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document

Document type:

program note

Document source:

Roosevelt University Film Society

Number of pages:

1

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21. A tale of two movies: Charlie Chaplin, United Artists, and the red scare

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

D. William Davis

Publication date:

1987 Fal

Document source:

Cinema Journal

Number of pages:

16

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The Outlaw — Hughes, Howard — No country known — 1943
Monsieur Verdoux — Chaplin, Charlie — United States — 1947
Limelight — Chaplin, Charlie — United States — 1952
Brazil — Gilliam, Terry — No country known — 1985

22. A vicious play with vicious methods -- excerpt

Record type:

document

Document type:

book excerpt

Document author(s):

Francis J. Grimke

Number of pages:

4

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23. Actress Lillian Gish on Lillian Gish

Record type:

document

Document type:

interview

Document author(s):

Reed Sparling

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

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The wind — Sjöström, Victor — United States — 1928
A wedding — Altman, Robert — United States — 1978

24. An accounting is sought on 'The Birth of a Nation'

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Bosley Crowther

Publication date:

1965 Jan 04

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

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25. Art film of the week

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Aaron Sheley

Publication date:

2006 Aug 18

Document source:

Entertainment Today (Periodical)

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

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26. 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

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27. Bibliography of articles on Birth of a nation in the Oakland Tribune

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document

Document type:

manuscript

Number of pages:

1

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28. Birth of a nation, The

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document source:

Monthly Film Bulletin

Number of pages:

1

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29. Birth pangs

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document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Patrick Loughney

Publication date:

1994 Jan 04

Document source:

Village Voice

Number of pages:

1

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

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document

Document type:

article

Number of pages:

1

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31. Can a film be both racist and classic?

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

William Grimes

Publication date:

1994 apr 27

Document source:

New York Times

Document contains:

cast credits

Number of pages:

2

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32. Cancel Griffith's "Birth" of 1915 when "racist" slant revealed

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document

Document type:

article

Number of pages:

1

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33. Cinema 609 film schedule

Record type:

document

Document type:

press kit

Publication date:

1979

Document source:

Gallery 609

Number of pages:

6

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34. Cinema Guild and Studio July August 1957

Record type:

document

Document type:

program

Publication date:

3/1/1957

Document source:

Berkeley Cinema Guild

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

5

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Vredens dag (Day of wrath) — Dreyer, Carl Theodor — Denmark — 1943
Henry v — Olivier, Laurence — No country known — 1944
The river — Renoir, Jean — India; United States — 1951
Madame de... (The earrings of Madame de...) — Ophüls, Max — France; Italy — 1953
The Night of the hunter — Laughton, Charles — No country known — 1955

35. Cinema Guild and Studio September - October 1956

Record type:

document

Document type:

program

Publication date:

9/1/1956

Document source:

Berkeley Cinema Guild

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

3

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The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
Shoulder arms — Chaplin, Charlie — United States — 1918
Le quai des brumes (Port of shadows) — Carné, Marcel — France — 1938
Vredens dag (Day of wrath) — Dreyer, Carl Theodor — Denmark — 1943
Les amants de Verone (The lovers of Verona) — Cayatte, André — France — 1949
Tales of Hoffmann — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1951

36. Cinema Guild and Studio September - October 1962

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document

Document type:

program

Publication date:

9/1/1962

Document source:

Berkeley Cinema Guild

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

4

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Vampyr - der traum des Allan Grey (The vampire) — Dreyer, Carl Theodor — Germany; France — 1932
Le carrosse d'or (The golden coach) — Renoir, Jean — France; Italy — 1953
Kanal — Wajda, Andrzej — Poland — 1957
À bout de souffle (Breathless) — Godard, Jean Luc — France — 1959
L'avventura (The adventure) — Antonioni, Michelangelo — Italy; France — 1960

37. Colonialism, racism and representation

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Robert Stam and Louise Spence

Publication date:

1983 Mar

Document source:

Screen

Number of pages:

10

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La battaglia di Algeri (The battle of Algiers) — Pontecorvo, Gillo — Italy; Algeria — 1966

38. Controversial film approved

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Stanton Caldwell

Publication date:

1967 Apr 14

Document source:

Willamette Collegian

Number of pages:

2

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39. Court refuses ban on "Nation"

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1915 Sep 11

Document source:

Motion Picture News

Number of pages:

1

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40. Crowds see "Birth of nation"

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1918 Feb 16

Document source:

Moving Picture World, The

Number of pages:

1

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41. D'Homere a Proust: de Griffith a Bresson

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Louis Jouvet

Publication date:

1977 Nov

Document source:

Cinematographe

Number of pages:

4

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42. D. W. Griffith: a research guide

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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

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43. D.W. Griffith

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document

Document type:

article

Publication date:

1916 jan 01

Number of pages:

1

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44. D.W. Griffith directing The Birth of a Nation (1915)

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document

Document type:

article

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

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45. D.W. Griffith rediscovered

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

J. N. Thomas

Publication date:

1975 Nov 07

Document source:

Berkeley Barb

Number of pages:

1

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46. 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

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The unchanging sea — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1910
The honor of his family — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1910
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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

47. D.W. Griffith's racial portraiture

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Jack Temple Kirby

Publication date:

1978 Jun

Document source:

Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture

Number of pages:

5

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48. 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

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Home, sweet home — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1914
The birth of a nation — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1915
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The struggle — Griffith, D. W. — United States — 1931

49. Debating an icon's genius, racism

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Robert W. Welkos

Publication date:

2000 Feb 01

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

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50. Decried from day one

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Susan King

Publication date:

2004 Sep 19

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document contains:

cast credits and illustrations

Number of pages:

1

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