Star maker : the story of D. W. Griffith (1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Star maker : the story of D. W. Griffith
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Volume:
Star maker : the story of D. W. Griffith
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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CONTEXTS Foreword vii Introduction by Alary Pickford xi i. Born on a Farm Seventeen Miles from Louisville, Kentucky 3 2. He Directs His First Picture 19 3. His Secret Marriage Continues 41 4. He Makes a Two-Reel Picture— the Management Is Shocked 55 5. He Longs to Be an American Ibsen 68 6. He Makes a Four-Reeler 80 7. He Makes The Birth of a Nation 94 8. He Goes Home to Visit His Mother 1 1 1 9. The Story Behind the Making of Intolerance 1 18 10. He Goes to France to Make a Propaganda Picture for the Allies 1 3 2 11. He Has a Tremendous Success in Broken Blossoms 142 12. He Has Another Success in Way Doiim East 149 1 3 . He Starts Downhill 1 59 14. Talking Pictures Come In 175 15. He Returns to Hollywood with High Honors, but No Job 187 16. The Forgotten Man Index 203 209