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October 21, 1916
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STUDIO DIRECTORY
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DAVID WARK GRIFFITH, DIRECTORGENERAL, FINE ARTS-TRIANGLE STUDIOS
DAVID WARK GRIFFITH, who created a sensation with his "Birth of a Nation," and has followed it up with one still more wonderful, "Intolerance," is a native of Kentucky. He began his career as an actor in a Louisville stock company. Mr. Griffith also studied grand
opera and developed a pleasing baritone voice.
He entered motion pictures as a scenario writer and a player in minor parts, but the technical side
of the work fascinated him. This was with the Biograph company, and in less than three years from
his first entrance into the Biograph studio he was considered the most promising figure among American producers.
His numerous innovations and his dramatic conception soon placed him in the foremost ranks.
Mr. Griffith was the first to use "close-ups" and "cutbacks." His early work was with the Biograph, and as supervising director for Reliance and Majestic Companies. When the Triangle film Corporation was organized he continued as supervising director for the Fine Arts features. A greater portion of his time has been devoted to the personal direction of the Griffith features, including such well known subjects as "The Single Standard," "Home," ]The Escape,'' "The Avenging Conscience, "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance."
Mr. Griffith is an acknowledged
master of the three elements that go to make up the photoplay; the handling of players, the working of
mechanical effects, and the construction of plot. In each of these divisions he has broken new ground
and demonstrated the surety of his constructive genius.
Many of the actors and actresses who are now screen stars were trained by him; his employment
of numbers is just as skillful as his work with individuals ; and his ability as a technician is demonstrated
as much by his lighting effects as by his creation of splendid panoramas.
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