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D.W. Griffith won an Honorary Oscar® in 1936 He also won the D.G.A. Honorary Life Member Award (1938) and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Autobiography

	"The Man Who Invented Hollywood: The Autobiography of D. W. Griffith" [1972] by D.W. Griffith, with James Hart Touchstone hardcover [1/72] out of prodn/many used Touchstone hardcover [1/72] out of prodn/used
	"Billy Bitzer: His Story - The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master Cameraman" [1973] by G.W. Bitzer [1872-1944] FS&G pb [1/73] out of print/used credits on IMDb, 1896-1933 • Billy Bitzer entry at Wikipedia
	"The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me" [1969] by Lillian Gish, with Ann Pinchot Mercury House pb [6/88] out of print/used Prentice-Hall pb [9/69] out of print/used Pearson hardcover [6/88] out of print/many used Prentice-Hall hardcover [9/69] out of print/used
	"When The Movies Were Young" [E.P. Dutton 1925] by Linda Arvidson (Mrs. D.W.) Griffith [1884-1949] Dover New Impression pb [6/70] out of print/used Beaufort Books 9½x6½ hardcover [8/72] for $19.95 credits on IMDb, 1907-16

The  Films  of  D.W.  Griffith

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	"Family Secrets: The Feature Films of D. W. Griffith" [2000] by Michael Allen British Film Institute 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used
	"The Films of D.W. Griffith" [1993] by Scott Simmon Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [7/93] out of print/used Cambridge Univ Press pb [7/93] out of print/used
	"Thinking In Pictures: Dramatic Structure In D. W. Griffith's Biograph Films" [1987] by Joyce E. Jesionowski Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [11/89] out of print/used Univ CA Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/87] out of print/used

"Griffith Masterworks" box set [2002] Kino Video b&w DVD [12/2002] 7 disks for $89.99 includes "The Birth of A Nation" [1915], "Intolerance" [1916], "Broken Blossoms" [1919], "Orphans of The Storm [1921], and 23 Biograph shorts [1909-13], plus many extras Biograph shorts not duplicated in the "Years of Discovery" box set below are "The Adventures of Dollie" [1908], "The Usurer" [1910]; "The Last Drop of Water" [1911]; "Enoch Arden" [1911]; "The Miser's Heart" [1911]; "The Lesser Evil" [1912]; "Friends" [1912]; and "The Massacre" [1913]

"D.W. Griffith: Years of Discovery, 1909-1913" [22 Biograph shorts; 2002] Image Ent. b&w DVD [9/2002] 2 disks for $35.99 Biograph shorts not duplicated in the "Griffith Masterworks" box set above are "The Red Man's View" [1909]; "In The Border States" [1910]; "What Shall We Do With Our Old?" [1911]; "For His Son" [1912]; "The Girl and Her Trust" [1912]; "The Female of The Species" [1912]; and "The House of Darkness" [1913]

The  Surviving  Biograph  Shorts
30 out of approximately 450 made

"The Adventures of Dollie" [12 mins.; July 1908]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson & Gladys Egan
available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"Those Awful Hats" [3 mins.; Jan 1909]
Written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Mack Sennett, Flora Finch, Linda Arvidson,
Robert Harron & Florence Lawrence; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"Lady Helen's Escapade" [8 mins.; April 1909]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Florence Lawrence; listed on National Film Registry (2004); full credits from IMDb

"The Sealed Room" [11 mins.; Sept 1909]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Linda Arvidson,
Mary Pickford & Mack Sennett; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Red Man's View" [11 mins.; Dec 1909]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Owen Moore, James Kirkwood, Frank Evans, W. Chrystie Miller,
Alfred Paget, Lottie Pickford, Mack Sennett, Charles West & Dorothy West;
available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"A Corner In Wheat" [14 mins.; Dec 1909]
Co-written by directed by D.W. Griffith; based on the Frank Norris novel; starring Frank Powell, Grace Henderson,
James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson, Henry B. Walthall, Mack Sennett & Blanche Sweet; listed on National
Film Registry (1994); available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Unchanging Sea" [13 mins.; May 1910]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford,
Charles West & Dorothy West; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"In The Border States" [17 mins; June 1910]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Charles West, John T. Dillon, Gladys Egan, Frank Evans, Guy Hedlund, Alfred Paget,
Mack Sennett, Henry B. Walthall & Dorothy West; available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Usurer" [18 mins.; Aug 1910]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring George Nichols, Grace Henderson, Mack Sennett, Mary Pickford, Henry B.
Walthall, Claire McDowell, Gladys Egan & Linda Arvidson; available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"Enoch Arden" [33 mins.; 1911, rereleased April 1915]
Directed by Wm. Christy Cabanne; written by & starring D.W. Griffith; also starring Alfred Paget,
Lillian Gish & Wallace Reid; available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"His Trust" [14 mins.; Jan 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Linda Arvidson, Alfred Paget, Lottie Pickford, Mack Sennett,
Charles West & Dorothy West; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"What Shall We Do With Our Old?" [17 mins.; Feb 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring W. Chrystie Miller, Claire McDowell, Adolph Lestina, Elmer Booth,
Donald Crisp, John T. Dillon, Frank Evans, Guy Hedlund, Alfred Paget, W.C. Robinson & Charles West;
available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Last Drop of Water" [13 mins.; July 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Robert Harron, Dell Henderson, Alfred Paget,
Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan & Guy Hedlund; available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Miser's Heart" [16 mins.; Nov 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Linda Arvidson, Lionel Barrymore, Donald Crisp, Frank Evans, Robert
Harron, Adolph Lestina, Alfred Paget & Blanche Sweet; available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"For His Son" [Jan 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Charles Hill Mailes, Charles West, Blanche Sweet, William Bechtel,
Christy Cabanne, Edward Dillon, Edna Foster, Robert Harron, Alfred Paget & W.C. Robinson
available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Sunbeam" [15 mins.; Feb 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Ynez Seabury, Kate Bruce, Claire McDowell, Dell Henderson, Christy Cabanne,
John T. Dillon, Gladys Egan, Edna Foster & Adolph Lestina; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Girl and Her Trust" [17 mins.; March 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Edwin August, Christy Cabanne,
Charles Gorman, Robert Harron, Walter Long, Charles Hill Mailes, Alfred Paget, W.C. Robinson & Charles West
available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Female of The Species" [17 mins.; April 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Charles West, Claire McDowell, Mary Pickford & Dorothy Bernard
available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Lesser Evil" [13 mins.; April 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Blanche Sweet, Edwin August, Mae Marsh, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes,
Charles West, Charles Gorman & Robert Harron; available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"An Unseen Enemy" [15 mins.; Sept 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Lillian & Dorothy Gish, Elmer Booth, Robert Harron & Harry Carey;
available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"Friends" [13 mins.; Sept 1912]
Written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey, Charles
Hill Mailes, Elmer Booth, Frank Evans & Robert Harron; available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Musketeers of Pig Alley" [18 mins.; Oct 1912]
Co-written & directed by D.W. Griffith; co-written by Anita Loos; starring Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Alfred Paget, Harry
Carey, Robert Harron, Jack Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, Christy Cabanne, Donald Crisp, Frank Evans & Dorothy Gish
available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Painted Lady" [12 mins.; Oct 1912]
Written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Blanche Sweet, Madge Kirby, Lionel Barrymore, Christy Cabanne,
Harry Carey, Gladys Egan, Dorothy & Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Jack Pickford & Henry B. Walthall
available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The New York Hat" [16-min.; Dec 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; written by Frances Marion [1886-1973] & Anita Loos; starring Mary Pickford,
Lionel Barrymore, Dorothy & Lillian Gish, Alfred Paget, Jack Pickford & Robert Harron;
available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Burglar's Dilemma" [15 mins.; Dec 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; written by & starring Lionel Barrymore; also starring Henry B. Walthall, Adolph Lestina,
Harry Carey, Frank Evans, Dorothy & Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Alfred Paget & Charles West;
available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"One Is Business, The Other Crime" [15 mins.; April 1912]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Charles West, Dorothy Bernard, Blanche Sweet, Frank Evans,
Robert Harron, Alfred Paget & W.C. Robinson; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Massacre" [30 mins.; Feb 1913]
Written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Wilfred Lucas, Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Alfred Paget,
Lionel Barrymore, Robert Harron, Charles Hill Mailes, Claire McDowell & Jack Pickford;
available in "GM" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The House of Darkness" [17 mins.; May 1913]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Lionel Barrymore, Claire McDowell, Charles Hill Mailes, Lillian Gish,
Christy Cabanne, Robert Harron, Alfred Paget, W.C. Robinson & Henry B. Walthall
available in "DWGYD" box set only (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Mothering Heart" [23 mins.; June 1913]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Walter Miller, Lillian Gish, Charles West, Adolph Lestina, Christy Cabanne, Donald Crisp,
Charles Hill Mailes, Mae Marsh, Alfred Paget & Henry B. Walthall; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"Death's Marathon" [15 mins.; June 1913]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Walter Miller, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Harron,
Adolph Lestina, Charles Hill Mailes & Alfred Paget; available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Battle At Elderbush Gulch" [29 mins.; March 1914]
Co-written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Mae Marsh, Alfred Paget, Robert Harron, Lillian Gish,
Charles Hill Mailes, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey, Elmo Lincoln, W.C. Robinson & Blanche Sweet
available in BOTH box sets (above); full credits from IMDb

"The  Birth  of  A  Nation"
[D.W.G./Epoch silent classic Feb 1915]

Originally released as "The Clansman", shortly retitled as "The Birth of A Nation"; the film reflects the racist nature of the Dixon book (and of the Reconstruction Era), and was protested by the N.A.A.C.P. & others on re-release in 1922. The plot follows two families in South Carolina on opposite sides in the U.S. Civil War; later events include recreations of historic Civil War battles, the assassination of President Lincoln, the post-war Reconstruction, and the founding of the Ku Klux Klan. Co-written & directed by D.W. Griffith; based on the 1905 novel & play "The Clansman" by Thomas F. Dixon Jr. [1864-1946]; starring Ralph Lewis, Elmer Clifton, Robert Harron, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Walter Long, George Siegmann, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery {as Abraham Lincoln}, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Raoul Walsh {as John Wilkes Booth}, Donald Crisp (as Gen. Grant} & Howard Gaye {as Gen. Lee}; listed on National Film Registry (1992) Kino Video b&w silent DVD [8/00] 2 disks for $26.99 the above DVD set includes a 'Making of..' documentary [1992] and 7 short films by D.W. Griffith: "In The Border States" [1910], "The House With The Closed Shutters" [1910], "The Fugitive" [1910], "His Trust" [1910], "His Trust Fulfilled" [1910], "Swords and Hearts" [1911] and "The Battle" [1911] Image Ent. b&w silent DVD [11/98] for $17.99 Delta b&w silent DVD [12/2004] for $6.99 Madacy? b&w silent VHS [1/85] 2 tapes for $24.95 Madacy b&w silent VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Birth of A Nation" 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com "The Clansman" 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com

movie entry at Wikipedia

	"D.W. Griffith's Film The Birth of A Nation: The Film That Transformed America" [2006] by Michael R. Hurwitz BookSurge Publng 7¾x5¼ pb [9/2006] for $13.99
	"The Birth of A Nation: D.W. Griffith, Director" [1994] critical text by Robert Lang Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/94] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/94] out of print/used
	"American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon" [2004] by Anthony Slide Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [9/2004] for $35.00
	"Thomas Dixon Jr. and The Birth of Modern America" [2006] Edited by Michele K. Gillespie & Randal L. Hall LSU Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2006] for $35.22
	"D.W. Griffith's The Birth of A Nation: A History of The Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time" [2007] by Melvyn Stokes Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [12/2007] for $24.95 Oxford Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2007] for $99.00 "The Making of The Birth of A Nation" [Nov 1998 video release] available on DVD above; full credits from IMDb

"Intolerance:  Love's  Struggle  Throughout  The  Ages"
[Triangle silent classic Sept 1916]

Four tales of intolerance by Mankind: religious rivalry in ancient Babylon; the tale of Christ in Roman-occupied Judea; Catholic vs. Huguenot in 1572 France; and in modern America. Produced, co-written, directed & edited by D.W. Griffith; starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Howard Gaye, Lillian Langdon, Olga Grey, Margery Wilson, Eugene Pallette, Spottiswoode Aitken & Constance Talmadge; listed on National Film Registry (1989) Kino Video 197-min. b&w DVD [10/2002] for $26.99 Alpha Video 163-min. b&w DVD [10/2003] for $6.98 Kino Video 197-min. b&w VHS [6/2000] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used HBO Masterpiece 175-min. b&w VHS [10/91] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com

"D.W. Griffith's Intolerance: Its Genesis & Its Vision" [1986] by William M. Drew McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [9/2001] for $29.95 McFarland & Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/86] out of print/used

"Hearts of The World" [Paramount March 1918]
full credits from IMDb

"Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man & The Girl"
[Paramount May 1919]
full credits from IMDb; listed on National Film Registry (1996)

"Way Down East"  [United Artists Sept 1920]
full credits from IMDb

"Orphans of the Storm"  [United Artists Dec 1921]
full credits from IMDb

"Orphans of The Storm: A Complete Novel From D.W. Griffith's Epic On The Immortal Theme of The Two Orphans" [1922] by Henry MacMahon Read Books 6¾x4¾ pb [1/2008] for $26.99   Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2007] for $18.96

"America"  [United Artists Feb 1924]
full credits from IMDb

"America or The Sacrifice: A Romance of The American Revolution" [Photoplay 1924] by Robert W. Chambers, with illustrations from the D.W. Griffith film Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1/1924] out of print/used

"Isn't Life Wonderful" [United Artists Nov 1924]
full credits from IMDb

"Sally of The Sawdust" [Paramount Aug 1925]
full credits from IMDb

"That  Royle  Girl"  [Paramount Dec 1925]
with W.C. Fields; video/DVD not available {this silent film is considered lost}; full credits from IMDb

"The Battle of The Sexes" [United Artists Oct 1928]
full credits from IMDb

"Lady of The Pavements" [United Artists Jan 1929]
with Lupe Velez and William Boyd; full credits from IMDb

"D.W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln"  [United Artists Aug 1930]
full credits from IMDb

"The Struggle" [United Artists Dec 1931]
full credits from IMDb

"San Francisco" [M.G.M. June 1936]
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke; starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy & Jack Holt,
with a cameo by D.W. Griffith {as the orchestra conductor}; full credits from IMDb

"One Million B.C." [United Artists/Hal Roach April 1940]
Co-produced by Hal Roach & D.W. Griffith; co-directed by Hal Roach & Hal Roach Jr.;
starring Victor Mature, Carole Landis & Lon Chaney Jr.; full credits from IMDb

Works  About  D.W.  Griffith

	"D.W. Griffith: Father of Film" [PBS TV broadcast March 1993] Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Kevin Brownlow & David Gill H.B.O. Home Video color VHS [3/94] 3 tapes - out of prodn/rare full credits from IMDb
	"D.W. Griffith and The Origins of American Narrative Film: The Early Years At Biograph" [1991] by Tom Gunning Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [9/93] for $24.00 Univ IL Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/91] out of print/used
	"D.W. Griffith: An American Life" [1984] by Richard Schickel Limelight Editions 9x6 pb [7/2004] for $15.30 S&S hardcover [4/84] out of print/used
	"Star Maker: The Story of D.W. Griffith, The Great Film Pioneer" [1959] by Homer Croy Duell, Sloan & Pearce pb [1/59] out of print/used
	"D.W. Griffith: American Film Master" [1940] by Iris Barry Museum of Modern Art New York 10½x7½ hardcover [9/2002] for $13.95 Museum of Modern Art New York hardcover [9/2002] for $13.95

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