D. W. Griffith : interviews / edited by Anthony Slide.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Slide, Anthony.

Series:

Conversations with filmmakers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948--Interviews.

Griffith, D. W.

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 224 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.

Summary:

Film / Biography

D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. As director of The Birth of a Nation, he is also one of the most controversial. He raised the cinema to a new level of art, entertainment, and innovations; and for the first time he illustrated film's potential to become propaganda, to champion a cause and influence an audience.

Collected together here are virtually all of the interviews given by D. W. Griffith from the first in 1914 to the last in 1948. Some of the interviews concentrate on specific films, including The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, and, most substantially, Hearts of the World. Other interviews provide the director with an opportunity to expound on topics of personal interest, including the importance of the proper exhibition of his and others' films, and his search for truth and beauty on screen.

The interviews are taken from many sources, including leading newspapers, trade papers, and fan magazines. They are often marked by humor and by a desire to please the interviewer and thus the reader. Griffith may not have been particularly enthusiastic about giving interviews, but he seems determined always to put on a good show. Book jacket.

Contents:

At the Sign of the Flaming Arcs / George Blaisdell/1914 Blaisdell/1914, George 3

David W. Griffith Speaks / Robert E. Welsh/1914 Welsh/1914, Robert E. 6

A Poet Who Writes on Motion Picture Films / Theatre Magazine/1914 Magazine/1914, Theatre 11

Editorials in Films / New York Dramatic Mirror/1914 Mirror/1914, New York Dramatic 16

D. W. Griffith Answers Two Vital Questions / Robert Grau/1914 Grau/1914, Robert 18

D. W. Griffith Producer of the World's Biggest Picture / New York American/1915 American/1915, New York 20

Five Dollar Movies Prophesied / Richard Barry/1915 Barry/1915, Richard 23

Interviews with Prominent Directors: "And the Greatest of These Is" / David W. Griffith Griffith, David W., Roberta Courtlandt/1915 Courtlandt/1915, Roberta 28

The Story of David Wark Griffith: Part One / Henry Stephen Gordon/1916 Gordon/1916, Henry Stephen 31

The Story of David Wark Griffith: Part Two / Henry Stephen Gordon/1916 Gordon/1916, Henry Stephen 37

The Story of David Wark Griffith: Part Three / Henry Stephen Gordon/1916 Gordon/1916, Henry Stephen 46

The Story of David Wark Griffith: Part Four / Henry Stephen Gordon/1916 Gordon/1916, Henry Stephen 52

The Story of David Wark Griffith: Part Five / Henry Stephen Gordon/1916 Gordon/1916, Henry Stephen 58

The Real Story of Intolerance / Henry Stephen Gordon/1916 Gordon/1916, Henry Stephen 63

The Making of a Masterpiece / Edward Weitzel/1916 Weitzel/1916, Edward 70

The Film World's Greatest Achievement Pictures and Picturegoer/1917 73

D. W. Griffith Champions England's Natural Light Moving Picture World/1917 79

Took Scenes in the Trenches New York Times/1917 80

Griffith Returns from the Front with Official Pictures Made under Fire-will Use Them in a Film Spectacle of War Exhibitors Trade Review/1917 81

Griffith-and the Great War / Paul H. Dowling/1918 Dowling/1918, Paul H. 85

Griffith, Maker of Battle Scenes, Sees Real War / Harry C. Carr/1918 Carr/1918, Harry C. 92

Pictures and Projectiles New York Times/1918 98

Life and the Photodrama / Harry C. Carr/1918 Carr/1918, Harry C. 100

How Griffith Picks His Leading Women / Harry C. Carr/1918 Carr/1918, Harry C. 104

Humanity's Language New York Times/1919 108

Griffith Points Out Need of Tragedy on the Screen; Likes San Francisco Moving Picture World/1919 111

The Poet-Philosopher of the Photoplay / Hazel Simpson Naylor/1919 Naylor/1919, Hazel Simpson 113

Exhibitor is a Co-Artist, Says D. W. Griffith, Returns from Los Angeles to Open Eastern Studio Exhibitors Trade Review/1919 117

The Filming of Way Down East / Charles Gatchell/1920 Gatchell/1920, Charles 121

The Moral and the Immoral Photoplay / Frederick James Smith/1920 Smith/1920, Frederick James 129

The Greatest Moving Picture Producer in the World / Mary B. Mullett/1921 Mullett/1921, Mary B. 132

Griffith Reveals Sartorial Secrets / Los Angeles Times/1921 Times/1921, Los Angeles 133

D. W. Griffith's Screen Version of The Two Orphans Would Fill Its Author with Awe / Edward Weitzel/1921 Weitzel/1921, Edward 135

An Intimate Closeup of D. W. Griffith Movie Weekly/1922 140

Griffith: Maker of Pictures / Harry C. Carr/1922 Carr/1922, Harry C. 143

The Genius of a Masterpiece Shadowland/1922 151

Griffith Film Stirs Anger of Parisians New York Times/1922 152

Stereoscopic Films New York Times/1922 155

In and Out of Focus: D. W. Griffith / Louella Parsons/1922 Parsons/1922, Louella 157

What are the Chances of a Beginner Photoplay/1923 160

D. W. Griffith is Struggling to Pay His Debts / Sara Redway/1925 Redway/1925, Sara 162

How Do You Like the Show? / Myron M. Stearns/1926 Stearns/1926, Myron M. 168

Don't Blame the Movies! Blame Life! / Selma Robinson/1926 Robinson/1926, Selma 175

He Might Be the Richest Man in the World / Frederick James Smith/1926 Smith/1926, Frederick James 180

His Best Pictures Were the Least Expensive, Says "D. W." / Tom Waller/1927 Waller/1927, Tom 184

D. W. Griffith Addresses the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS Bulletin/1928 185

Walter Huston Interviews D. W. Griffith / Walter Huston/1930 Huston/1930, Walter 187

David Wark Griffith Tells 'Em Motion Picture Herald/1933 189

The Star-Maker Whose Dreams Turned to Dust / Mildred Mastin/1934 Mastin/1934, Mildred 192

Film Master is Not Proud of Films: "They Do Not Endure" Daily Express/1935 197

D. W. Griffith Tells Plans Which Include Picture Making / Grace Kingsley/1936 Kingsley/1936, Grace 198

Return of a Master / Herb Sterne/1939 Sterne/1939, Herb 201

Griffith Back to Live Here "for Half Century" / James Warnak/1944 Warnak/1944, James 204

"Cinema's Fullest Scope Still Ahead"-D. W. Griffith / Fred W. Fox/1947 Fox/1947, Fred W. 206

Forty-Seven Questions from Seymour Stern to D. W. Griffith / Seymour Stern/1947 Stern/1947, Seymour 209

Flash-Back to Griffith / Ezra Goodman/1948 Goodman/1948, Ezra 212

The Writings of D. W. Griffith 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9781617032981

1617032980

1617032999

9781617032998

OCLC:

759909838