The prelude to our picture is the record of an intimate conversation between Mr. D. W. Griffith and his friend Mr. Walter Huston, which occured on an evening in the Spring of 1930. Here for the first time, Mr. Griffith relates the colorful childhood experiences which led him to the making of "The Birth of a Nation."
Direction
Griffith directing his own myth-making with Huston as gentle accomplice.
Production
A staged 'intimate' chat that's pure 1930s Hollywood spin machine.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1930 release coincided with Birth of a Nation's fifteenth anniversary reissue, part of a campaign to cement Griffith as 'father of film' while ignoring NAACP protests.
Walter Huston would later win an Oscar for his own morally complicated father role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre—Griffith's influence or ironic echo?
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