"THE BIRTH OF A NATION."
D. W. Griffith's historical spectacle, "The Birth of a Nation," will come .to the King's Theatre next Saturday. "The Birth of a Nation" established an abso; lutely new art ' in' ithe realm oi the theatre—the art of .pantomimic screen spectacle with music. It also created a sensation because of its vaster and more forceful treatment of the same theme as Thomas Dixon's "The Clansman." The consequences of the Civil War in Southern reconstruction are fully dealt with, and the nation re-born is apotheosized. Mr. Griffith managed the great achievement without the aid of dialogue or speech, for motion pictures, accompanying music, and effects tell the coherent logical; and moving .story.-
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1917, Page 3
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