Description |
1 DVD (videodisc) (175 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
monochrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
Series |
Hollywood classics
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Hollywood classics.
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Note |
Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture. |
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Based on the novel The clansman by Thomas Dixon. |
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Silent dialog with music and English subtitles. |
Credits |
Director/producer, D.W. Griffith ; writers, D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods ; photography, William Bitzer ; original score, Joseph Breil ; score compiled and reorchestrated by R.J. Miller. |
Performer |
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden. |
Summary |
A civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan. |
Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
System Details |
DVD format. |
Genre/Form |
War films.
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War films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
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Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
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Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
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Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976.
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Alden, Mary, 1883-1946.
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ISBN |
0778604292 |
Music No. |
DVD9 9263 Madacy Entertainment |
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