The House That Shadows Built (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The House That Shadows Built
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The House That Shadows Built
Leaf #:
000151
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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THE TRUST GOES TO SEED 133 week that he had a prize — temperament, expression, intelligence, beauty, and, above all, a sweet worker. When Griffith went to Biograph as a director the company was running at a slight deficit. Within two years it paid 1100 per cent, on the investment. It was not alone in its prosperity. All the other Trust companies began to flourish, to boom. And there — progress stopped. The newspapers were talking of the “movie craze,” stating in that one contemptuous phrase their skepticism. The cool directing heads of the Trust could not believe that the bonanza was really going to last, nor imagine that beyond their rich island lay a continent of incredible richness — a major American industry. Better let well enough alone! All the directors, and especially Griffith, were yelling for more length. One reel — fourteen or fifteen minutes — was not long enough to tell a good story. The management stood firm. ' Taking things into his own hands, Griffith produced a two-reeler entitled His Trust. When he showed it at the studio, the chiefs of his company refused flatly to put it out. “Then I quit!” roared Griffith. Peace makers intervened, and effected a compromise. Biograph sent forth the picture, but as two separate weekly releases — the first entitled His Trust, the second His Trust Fulfilled. As time went on, these brief serials — one reel to the instalment — became more