If I may, here is some news of the day. All clippings are from The Welch Watchman in Welch, Craig County, in northeastern Oklahoma.
Yes, I know. Quaint.
Published June 1, 1921, front page:
From June 8, 1921, page 3:
And from June 22, 1921, page 1:
The June 1, 1921 article above mentioned the local theater would soon show The Miracle Man, claiming it was the "biggest picture produced since the Birth of a Race." It was endorsed by churches as the "cleanest and highest class picture of the age." Well, then!
Before "googling" Birth of a Race I thought surely the writer instead meant the well-known Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith.
But, no.
Birth of a Race appears to be a rebuttal to that hideously racist film that also had "Birth" in its title.
Two articles are from the March 21, 1907 edition, page 6. Welch was then in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Soon to become the new state of Oklahoma. My Pennsylvania people had once lived near there in the late 1870s. But had moved on into Pawnee County.
Yes, I know. Quaint.
Published June 1, 1921, front page:
From June 8, 1921, page 3:
And from June 22, 1921, page 1:
The June 1, 1921 article above mentioned the local theater would soon show The Miracle Man, claiming it was the "biggest picture produced since the Birth of a Race." It was endorsed by churches as the "cleanest and highest class picture of the age." Well, then!
Before "googling" Birth of a Race I thought surely the writer instead meant the well-known Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith.
But, no.
Birth of a Race appears to be a rebuttal to that hideously racist film that also had "Birth" in its title.
Wiki provided details. Links to streaming both silent films are added inside two of its articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Race
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_Man_(1919_film)
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