THE BIRTH OF A NATION, Herald, Bliven Opera House, Westerly, D. W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Cinema Ephemera

Printed promotional herald for D. W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation, advertising screenings at the Bliven Opera House in Westerly, Rhode Island. Boston: The Libbie Printing Co. A single folded sheet opening to four pages, printed in black on newsprint. Features halftone photographic illustrations of Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Henry Walthall, Donald Crisp, Griffith, and various battle scenes.

Moderately worn; paper toned and brittle; multiple old cellotape repairs along central folds and margins; tears and small losses along edges; split along central fold line.