Browse Items (15 total)
Sort by:
'Birth of a Nation' at C. I. A. Jan 17, 18
"This most wonderful spectacle ever visioned is to be presented...on January 17 and 18.," gushes one collegiate writer at Denton Lass-O. The film was shown at the Old Main Building on the campus of C. I. A. (now TWU).
Coming
On January 17, 1917, and January 18, 1917, the College of Industrial Arts (TWU) will show "Birth of a Nation" by D. W. Griffith
'Birth of a Nation' to be shown at Strand next W
'Birth of a Nation' is scheduled to be shown at the Strand the same week two men are lynched in Pilot Point.
Late Personal News
Society notes indicate Mrs. Jim Simmons, Mrs. Jesse Davidson, Mrs. William Davidson, Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Palmer, Miss Mildred Palmer, Mr. & Mrs. Cavier Lipscomb, Miss Minnie Pascall, Mrs. L. H. Schweer, Mrs. W. G. Edwards, and Miss Irene Davidson went…
Some difficulties filming Birth of Nation picture
Excitement and anticipation are exhibited in the number of articles about "Birth of a Nation" the week prior to its screening at C. I. A.
Some refined comedy lightens tragedy in Birth of a Nation
In anticipation of the screening of "Birth of a Nation" the following day, Denton Record-Chronicle gushes about the film. Of particular note is the paragraph on Lillian Gish's costumes as family heirlooms.
Editorial
Discussion of the sensationalism in "Birth of a Nation" and defense by the Denton Record-Chronicle whose editorial staff compared the film to "the loveliness of a rose-gold dawn, the awe-inspiring spectacle of a stormy sky, the majesty of snow-capped…
News from Pilot Point
The following persons from Pilot Point went to Denton to watch "Birth of a Nation": Mrs. H. M. Russell, Mrs. E. C. Bauer, Mrs. F. A. Wright, Mrs. Jessie Johnson, Alma Shaw, Grace Salmon, Addie Alexander, Iva Jones, Barbara Bauer, Jewel Bradford, Mr.…