Lot 281
"The Birth of a Nation" Souvenir Program. 9½ x 12 in., copyright 1916, for D.W. Griffith's 1915 silent film which chronicles the Civil War through Reconstruction and the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan, based on the novel and play "The Clansman," by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay and the film, which was released on February 8, 1915. "The Birth of a Nation," was the very first motion picture screened in the White House by President Woodrow Wilson, a segregationist from Virginia.
Some toning and minor soiling, else very good. Estimated Value $100 - 150
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