d. w. griffith produced the 1915 movie birth of a nation.
who produced the 1915 movie birth of a nation?
d. w. griffith
the clansman: a historical romance of the ku klux klan is a novel published in 1905. it was the second work in the ku klux klan trilogy by thomas dixon jr. that also included "the leopard's spots" and "the traitor". it presents the ku klux klan heroically. the novel, which dixon wrote "in thirty days, working sixteen hours a day", was twice notably adapted, immediately by its author as a highly successful play entitled "the clansman" (1905), and a decade later by d. w. griffith in the famous 1915 movie "the birth of a nation". the 20th-century revival of the ku klux klan is a direct result of its glorification by dixon. (dixon strongly opposed the revived clan, and it attacked him.)
the clansman: a historical romance of the ku klux klan
she was known as "the new american beauty," and, by her friends as, "the true blue girl". reine davies lived for many years in chicago, and was on the vaudeville circuit as a singer and actress. she appeared in the 1915 movie "sunday as sunday" and in 1917 as beth winthrop in "the sin woman". she was also a popular subject on sheet music covers, most famously for "meet me tonight in dreamland", as well as "the reine waltz" (1910), "when i kissed your tears away" (1911), "leaf by leaf the roses fall" (1911), "when i met you last night in dreamland" (1912), "in the palace of dreams" (1914), and "araby" (1915). for many years she edited the gossip column in the "los angeles examiner".
reine davies