Lancer, I have a DVD copy and Dixon's The Clansman with photos from the movie. ( A later printing)
For the time the story was written, the story was very "PC." The film is definitely worth watching as a period piece.
From an earlier topic, both the movie and the book have accounts of Lincoln's assassination that are "respectful" of history.
I was surprised at the sympathy Dixon had for Lincoln as expressed by his characters.
"...As around this man's personality had gathered the agony and horror of war, so now about his head glowed and gleamed in imagination the splendours of victory. Margaret impulsively put her hand on Phil's arm:
"Why, how Southern he looks! How tall and dark and typical his whole figure!"
"Yes, and his traits of character even more typical," said Phil. "On the surface, easy friendly ways and the tenderness of a woman—beneath, an iron will and lion heart. I like him. And what always amazes me is his universality. A Southerner finds in him the South, the Western man the West, even Charles Sumner, from Boston, almost loves him. You know I think he is the first great all-round American who ever lived in the White House.".."
