Connection To Birth of A Nation
Henry B. Walthall plays the role of Reverend Ashby Brand in Judge Priest. Twenty years before Judge Priest was released, Walthall starred as the Little Colonel in the D. W. Griffith film The Birth of a Nation (1915).
In Judge Priest, Rev. Brand recounts fighting in the Civil War with Bob Gillus, with both Brand and Gillus fighting for the Confederate Army. As Brand explains to the jury. the courage displayed by Gillus, scenes from the Civil War play in the film. Brand’s face is faintly crossed with battle scenes. The battle scenes displayed in the background resemble similar battle scenes in The Birth of a Nation. In both cases, the war was being presented from a Confederate perspective. The reason director John Ford paid tribute to Birth of a Nation is not known.
Read more about this topic: Judge Priest
Famous quotes containing the words connection to and/or connection:
“It may comfort you to know that if your child reaches the age of eleven or twelve and you have a good bond or relationship, no matter how dramatic adolescence becomes, you children will probably turn out all right and want some form of connection to you in adulthood.”
—Charlotte Davis Kasl (20th century)
“Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people’s crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translate into concern for children in danger. We fail to make the connection between the use of force on children themselves, and violent antisocial behavior, or the connection between watching father batter mother and the child deducing a link between violence and masculinity.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)