Very desirable 1915 original program for D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, based on The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr. It has been called "The Most Controversial Film Ever Made," was wildly popular even in 1915, and many historians believe was a significant moment in the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the years that followed. It is essentially a pro-South revisionist history following "Lost Cause" lines of thought.
An inferior copy sold at Heritage Auction for a good bit more than our asking price.
Griffith D. W. Souvenir The Birth of a Nation: The Most Stupendous and Fascinating Motion Picture Drama Created in the United States Founded on Thomas Dixon's Story "The Clansman' Produced Under the Personal Direction of D. W. Griffith. Scenario by D. W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods. Music by Joseph Carl Breil. Photography by G. W. Bitzer. Direction of Epoch Producing Corporation H. E. Aitken, President. New York. Published by the Epoch Producing Corporation. 1915. 15pp.
A good + copy, bound in wraps, generally solid, with generally bright pages. Some minor color loss to wraps at extremities. Hinge reinforced with hanji and retied with natural linen.
