Former President Woodrow Wilson and his wife 4x5 glass negative Natl Photo Co 1923
by David Lee Guss
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Former President Woodrow Wilson and his wife 4x5 glass negative Natl Photo Co 1923
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David Lee Guss
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Wilson would die the following year.
“Thomas Dixon, Jr., author of The Birth of a Nation's source play and novel The Clansman, was a former classmate of then-president Woodrow Wilson at Johns Hopkins University. Dixon managed to arrange a screening of The Birth of a Nation at the White House for Wilson, members of his cabinet, and their families, in what was at the time one of the first ever screenings at the White House. Wilson was falsely reported to have said about the film, ‘It is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”
Wilson's aide, Joseph Tumulty, denied the claims and said that ‘the President was entirely unaware of the nature of the play before it was presented and at no time has expressed his approbation of it.’ Historians believe the quote attributed to Wilson originated with Dixon, who was relentless in publicizing the film. After controversy over the film had grown, Wilson wrote that he disapproved of the ‘unfortunate production.’”
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