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

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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 #:
00014
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
Date Added:
May 15, 2025
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x Foreword In 19 1 8, I wrote the first book on the making of motion pictures: Honjo Motion Pictures Are Made. The other day, when I was getting ready to write this foreword, I reread the book. I was shocked. The book was as out-of-date as a whipsocket. During the First World War, I was a civilian attached to the Signal Corps as a motion-picture expert. I was in the Pathe Laboratory outside of Paris. I knew little or nothing about motion pictures, but this wasn't too embarrassing, for no one knew much either about combat pictures or about pictures of training or service of supplies. I suppose all this drew me to attempt a life of the Great Film Pioneer. —The Author