D.W. Griffith. Part I- Biography Years.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film--history.

Film.

Drama performance--Experimental.

Drama performance.

Film--criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Kent, CT.: Creative Arts Television. 1980.

Summary:

First part of a two part series on the great film director D.W. Griffith. Ron Mottram, professor of cinema history and director of the 1975 Griffith retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City interviews silent film star Blanche Sweet about her career and work with Griffith. Illustrated with many film clips and photographs. Film excerpts include portions of <i>Death's Marathon</i>, <i>The Painted Lady</i>, <i>Feud in the Kentucky Hills</i>, <i>A Corner in Wheat</i>, <i>The Informer</i>, <i>Country Doctor</i>, all made in the early years when Griffith worked for the Biograph company, 1908-1913. Ms.Sweet starred in many of these films and reminisces about Griffith's method of shooting. He invented as he went along. These films and dozens of others were often turned out two or three a week, shown briefly, and then never seen again. Some of these films include the first "pans", "zooms" or "close ups" ever used. .

Credits:

Director, Merrill Brockway ; producer, Merrill Brockway.

ISBN:

9781350920248

OCLC:

1356505642

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.