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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 film [[sequel]], though the existence of examples such as [[The Little Train Robbery]] contradict this.<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> Based upon ''[[The Fall of a Nation (novel)|The Fall of a Nation]]'', written by the director, the film is now considered [[lost film|lost]].<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>
'''''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 film [[sequel]], though the existence of examples such as [[The Little Train Robbery]] contradict this.<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> Based upon ''[[The Fall of a Nation (novel)|The Fall of a Nation]]'', written by the director, the film is now considered [[lost film|lost]].<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> The Fall of a Nation (1916): the movie "reached more than thirty million people and was, therefore, thirty times more effective than any book I might have written."[2]


==Plot==
==Plot==

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For the novel, see The Fall of a Nation (novel).
The Fall of a Nation
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Directed byThomas Dixon, Jr.
Screenplay byThomas Dixon, Jr.
Based onThe Fall of a Nation
by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
StarringLorraine Huling
Percy Standing
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Music byVictor Herbert
Production
company
Dixon Studios
Distributed byV-L-S-E
Release date
  • June 6, 1916 (1916-06-06)
Running time
7–8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$31,000[1]

The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American 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.[1] The Fall of a Nation is considered to be the first ever film sequel, though the existence of examples such as The Little Train Robbery contradict this.[2] Based upon The Fall of a Nation, written by the director, the film is now considered lost.[3] The Fall of a Nation (1916): the movie "reached more than thirty million people and was, therefore, thirty times more effective than any book I might have written."[2]

Plot

The Fall of a Nation is an attack on the pacifism of William Jennings Bryan and Henry Ford and a plea for American preparedness for war.[4]

America is unprepared for an attack by the "European Confederated Army", a European army headed by Germany. The army invades America and executes children and war veterans. However, America is saved by a pro-war Congressman who raises an army to defeat the invaders with the support of a suffragette.

Cast

Production

Some battle scenes were filmed in the same location as The Birth of a Nation, at a cost of $31,000.[1]

Soundtrack

The film had a musical score produced by Victor Herbert. The Encyclopædia Britannica states that "this is probably the first original symphonic score composed for a feature film". An earlier music score was composed by Camille Saint-Saëns for the short (15-minute) film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908).[5]

Reception and aftermath

Anthony Slide argues that the film was largely a commercial failure.[6] The production company, Dixon Studios, went bust in 1921, having produced only this film.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Stokes, Melvyn (2007). D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time. Oxford University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-19-533678-8.
  2. ^ Williams, Gregory Paul (2005). The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History. p. 87. ISBN 9780977629909.
  3. ^ Slide, Anthony (2004). "American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon (review)". Project MUSE. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "AMERICA IS INVADED AGAIN IN THE FILMS". The New York Times. 1916-06-07. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  5. ^ "The Fall of a Nation (film) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2009-05-25. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  6. ^ Slide, Anthony (2004). American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon. University Press of Kentucky. p. 102. ISBN 0-8131-2328-3.
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