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S3.E32
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The Birth of the Movies

  • Episode aired Apr 22, 1951
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The Birth of the Movies (1951)
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Lillian Gish introduces this episode which dramatizes her experiences in the early days of movie-making while working with pioneering director D. W. Griffith.Lillian Gish introduces this episode which dramatizes her experiences in the early days of movie-making while working with pioneering director D. W. Griffith.Lillian Gish introduces this episode which dramatizes her experiences in the early days of movie-making while working with pioneering director D. W. Griffith.

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    • Delbert Mann
  • Writers
    • Robert Alan Aurthur
    • H.R. Hays
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    • Lillian Gish
    • Jean Pearson
    • John Newland
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    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writers
      • Robert Alan Aurthur
      • H.R. Hays
    • Stars
      • Lillian Gish
      • Jean Pearson
      • John Newland
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    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • Narrator
    Jean Pearson
    • The Young Lillian
    John Newland
    John Newland
    • D.W. Griffith
    Paul Mann
    • Billy Bitzer
    Bruce Gordon
    Bruce Gordon
    • Burton
    Robert F. Simon
    Robert F. Simon
    • Merril
    Ben Lackland
    • Pickett
    Brandon Peters
    • Billings
    Gordon Peters
    • Crawford
    Richard Abbott
    • West
    Ken Rockefeller
    • Director
    Phil Rhodes
    • Charles
    • (as Philip Rhodes)
    Frank Sutton
    Frank Sutton
    • Bill
    George McCoy
    • Stagehand
    Eden Bitzer
    • Secretary
    Jay Jackson
    • Announcer
    • (voice)
    Fred Coe
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    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
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      • Robert Alan Aurthur
      • H.R. Hays
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    • Trivia
      A kine-scope of this episode survives at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research in Madison, Wisconsin.
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      Features Naissance d'une nation (1915)

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      • April 22, 1951 (United States)
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      • Mono
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      • 1.33 : 1

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