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'''''The Fall of a Nation''''' is a 1916 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Thomas Dixon Jr.]], and a [[sequel]] to the 1915 film ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]]. Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film.<ref name="Stokes">{{cite book |last=Stokes |first=Melvyn |title=D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time |year=2007 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=268 |isbn=978-0-19-533678-8}}</ref> ''The Fall of a Nation'' is considered to be the first ever ''feature-length'' film [[sequel]], though it was predated by ''short'' film sequels such as [[The Little Train Robbery]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History|first=Gregory Paul |last=Williams |year= 2005|page=87 |
'''''The Fall of a Nation''''' is a 1916 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Thomas Dixon Jr.]], and a [[sequel]] to the 1915 film ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]]. Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film.<ref name="Stokes">{{cite book |last=Stokes |first=Melvyn |title=D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time |year=2007 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=268 |isbn=978-0-19-533678-8}}</ref> ''The Fall of a Nation'' is considered to be the first ever ''feature-length'' film [[sequel]], though it was predated by ''short'' film sequels such as [[The Little Train Robbery]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History|first=Gregory Paul |last=Williams |year= 2005|page=87 |isbn= 9780977629909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9W4R_CZtFe8C&q=the+fall+of+a+nation+first+sequel&pg=PA87}}</ref> and ''Sherlock Holmes II: Raffles Escaped from Prison''. Based upon Dixon's novel ''[[The Fall of a Nation (novel)|The Fall of a Nation]]'', the film is now [[lost film|lost]], although the complete score survives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813171913 |title=American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon (review) |first=Anthony |last=Slide |publisher=[[Project MUSE]] |year=2004 |access-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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==Reception and aftermath== |
==Reception and aftermath== |
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[[Anthony Slide]] argues that the film was largely a commercial failure.<ref>{{cite book |title=American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon |first=Anthony |last=Slide |year=2004 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |page=102 |isbn=0-8131-2328-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ng_fyVJVMz4C }}</ref> The film was widely shown as [[Propaganda in World War I|propaganda]] by [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] governments in Europe during [[World War I]], especially the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Fall of a Nation|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/1850-THE-FALLOFANATION?sid=2e45c983-f2ac-49ac-a8ef-230ddd714de1&sr=0.10834439&cp=1&pos=1|access-date=2021-12-08|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> The production company, Dixon Studios, went bust in 1921, having produced only this film.<ref name="Stokes"/> |
[[Anthony Slide]] argues that the film was largely a commercial failure.<ref>{{cite book |title=American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon |first=Anthony |last=Slide |year=2004 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |page=102 |isbn=0-8131-2328-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ng_fyVJVMz4C }}</ref> The film was widely shown as [[Propaganda in World War I|propaganda]] by [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] governments in Europe during [[World War I]], especially the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Fall of a Nation|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/1850-THE-FALLOFANATION?sid=2e45c983-f2ac-49ac-a8ef-230ddd714de1&sr=0.10834439&cp=1&pos=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-08|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> The production company, Dixon Studios, went bust in 1921, having produced only this film.<ref name="Stokes"/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |