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.…
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…
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.
"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).