“THE BIRTH OF A NATION.”
BANNED IN PARIS. Paris, Aug. 20. “The Birth of a Nation.,” Mr D. W. Griffith’s famous film, which was presented at the Marivaux Cinema on the Grands Boulevard on Friday and Saturday, has been banned by the French authorities. This is the latest manifestation of French solicitude for “men of colour.” The film, which was passed by the Censor only 10 days ago, and has indeed previously been shown in Paris, reproduces, as is well known, certain episodes | of the War of Secession, and also depicts excesses of the negroes after their liberation from slavery. It traces also the origin of the Ku Klux Klan movement. Its presentation has not provoked any public demonstration of protest, but the Prefecture of Police, in conformity, is is stated, with M. Poincare’s recent declaration of principle, has suppressed the representation “for the good of the people.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 251, 8 October 1923, Page 7
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