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D. W. Griffith

D. W. Griffith
American filmmaker D. W. Griffith’s groundbreaking film Birth of a Nation (1915) forever changed American filmmaking. It not only established the star system, but its success guaranteed the future of the feature film. Griffith, right, is shown supervising one of his many films.
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Westerns; Motion Pictures, History of; Griffith, D(avid) W(ark)
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