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"The Birth of a Nation" 255
picture was pronounced the sensation of the season. From critics, ministers, and historians came a flood of testimonials, treatises, and letters on the new art and artists of the cinema.
'The Birth of A Nation' ' remains unique in picture production. It probably never will be laid absolutely to rest, as it pictures so dramatically the greatest tragedy in the history of America, showing the stuff its citizens were i made of and the reason why this nation has become such a great and wonderful country.
Through the success of "The Birth of A! Nation" the two-dollar movie was born. But here let there be no misunderstanding: the two-dollar-a-seat innovation in the movies was H. E. Aitken's idea. He was opposed in it by both Mr. Griffith and Mr. Dixon, Mr. Dixon becoming so alarmed that he type-wrote a twelve-page argument against it. However, Mr. Aitken persisted and the result proved him right. The public will pay if they think your show is worth it.
Through the success of "The Birth of A Nation," the sole habitat of the movies was no longer Eighth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, Avenue A and Fourteenth Street ; the movies had reached Broadway to stay. D. W. Griffith had achieved 1 that, and had he stopped right there he would have done his bit in the magical development of the motion picture. For though "Bagdad Carpets" fly, and "Ten Commandments" preach, and "Covered Wagons" trek — miles and miles of movies unreel, and some of them awfully fine, they must all acknowledge that the narrow trail that led to their highway was blazed by Mr. Griffith.
Whoever might have had a dream that the degraded little movie would blossom into magnificence, now was be