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D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation : a history of "the most controversial motion picture of all time" /

In 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stokes, Melvyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Premiere in Los Angeles
  • Thomas Dixon, Jr.
  • David Wark Griffith
  • Making The birth of a nation
  • Transforming the American movie audience
  • Fighting a vicious film
  • Griffith's view of history
  • After Birth.