A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the silent screen
Date:
1953
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putman's Sons
Volume:
A pictorial history of the silent screen
Leaf #:
00066
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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ALICE JOYCE (KALEM) HUGHIE MACK, LILLIAN WALKER, ALBERT ROCCARDI, FLORA FINCH, ETIENNE GIRARDOT, WALLY VAN IN "THE NEW SECRETARY" (VITAGRAPH * ETHEL CLAYTON IN "MAZIE PUTS ONE OVER" (LUBIN) MARGUERITE COURTOT IN "THE BAREFOOT BOY" (KALEM) FREDERICK CHURCH (ESSANAY) CLAIRE WHITNEY (SOLAX) RAOUL WALSH (MUTUAL) DELLA CONNOR (PATHE) HUGHIE MACK (VITAGRAPH) 101/1 Lubin's bright stars were Ethel Clayton, Arthur w I " Johnson, Ormi Hawley, Earle Metcalf and Lottie Briscoe. D. W. Griffith, who is given the credit for first using the technique of the close-up, the fade-in, fade-out and long shots which he worked out with G. W. "Billy" Bitzer, his cameraman, was rushing through his filming of "The Battle of The Sexes" at Mutual in four days to meet the payroll. All was not smooth sailing prior to "The Birth of A Nation." Griffith also filmed "The Avenging Conscience" and "Home Sweet Home" during these anxious times. Most of his players 62 HOBART BOSWORTH, ADELE FARRINGTON IN "THE COUNTRY MOUSE" (BOSWORTH) HAROLD LLOYD (left), JANE NOVAK IN "FROM ITALY'S SHORE" (UNIVERSAL) ALAN HALE IN "THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH" (BIOGRAPH)