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BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) herald OR search current auctions Auction History Result 3t362 BIRTH OF A NATION herald '18 D.W. Griffith's classic post-Civil War tale of the Ku Klux Klan! Date Sold 12/14/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Herald (measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" [11 x 14 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (also released in some parts of the U.S. as "The Clansman", although not solely in the South as one might think), the classic historic 1915 D.W. Griffith silent Civil War birth-of-the-Ku-Klux-Klan historical action adventure melodrama ("Lincoln's assassinations. The fatal blow that robbed the South of its best friend"; "The supreme picture of all time."; "Mightiest spectacle ever produced"; "D.W. Griffith's stupendous motion picture production of Thomas Dixon's famous story 'The Clansman'"; "Employing the services of 18,000 people accompanied by the symphony orchestra of 40"; "Founded on Thomas Dixon's story 'The Clansman'"; made just 50 years after the end of the Civil War, it begins with Lincoln's assassination, and shows the devastation of the South afterwards, and portrays the forming of the Ku Klux Klan as the only way for Southerners to fight back against the carpetbaggers from the North!) starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall (distinguished silent actor best remembered as the star of this film), Elmo Lincoln, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Joseph Henabery (as President Abraham Lincoln), Donald Crisp (as General Grant), Howard Gaye (as General Lee), and Raoul Walsh (as John Wilkes Booth). Note that this movie was very controversial for its sympathetic portrayal of white southerners and its stereotypical portrayal of black African Americans, but no one can deny it was the first great movie, and is a major landmark in American cinema. Prior to the release of this movie, almost all movie theaters showed a series of one-reel shorts, and charged 5 cents admission. D.W. Griffith charged $2 admission to see this single feature-length movie, and it was a huge success, which convinced all other filmmakers to begin making feature films as well. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this classic movie was first released in December of 1915, but it stayed in continual release for several years. This herald was used at a showing of the movie in 1918. It might have been printed in 1915, or it might have been printed at any time between then and May 1918, when it was used, but in either case, it is from the first release of the movie. We have photographed all of the pages of this really cool herald, which was printed by the H.C. Miner Company of New York. Condition: very good. There is minor wear around the edges. The herald was overprinted on the bottom of the back with theater information, and that bleeds through to the front in the bottom of the area that says "Facts about Birth of a Nation" (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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