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D.W.  Griffith

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Motion pictures had existed for over a dozen years, yet it was D. W. Griffith's
controversial but wildly successful "The Birth of A Nation" [1915]
that transformed what had been a flickering novelty into an art form.

D.W. Griffith received 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

            and was listed by The Atlantic Monthly among America's Most Influential Filmmakers [Dec 2006]

D.W. Griffith entry at Wikipedia
D.W. Griffith's credits {over 530 films!} at Internet Movie Database
D.W. Griffith poster catalog at AllPosters.com

Magic Lantern's "The Birth of A Nation" 1915 Movie Page

Autobiographies

	"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 Billy Bitzer's credits [1896-1933] on IMDb • 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], with a Foreword by Edward Wagenknecht [1901-2004] Dover New Impression pb [6/70] out of print/used Beaufort Books 9½x6½ hardcover [8/72] out of print/used Linda Arvidson's credits [1907-16] on IMDb

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

"D.W. Griffith and The Biograph Company" [1985] by Cooper C. Graham
Scarecrow Press 9x6 pb [1/85] out of print/used
author's official website

"The Films of D.W. Griffith" [1975] by Edward Wagenknecht [1901-2004], Foreword by Lillian Gish Crown Publrs PUB pb [1975] out of print/used

	"Rare Films Of D.W. Griffith" [2009] As Actor: Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $14.99 contains 6 early silent b&w short films: "At The French Ball" [1908], "Crossroads of Life" [1908], "Politicians Love Story" [1908], "Rescued From An Eagle's Nest" [1908], "Her First Adventure" [1909], and "Caught By Wireless" [1909] As Director, Volume 1: Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $13.49 contains 4 early silent b&w short films & 1 feature: "At The Altar" [1906], "Romance of A Jewess" [1908], "Song of The Shirt" [1908], "Voice of The Violin" [1909], and "Dream Street" [1921 silent feature] As Director, Volume 2: Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $13.49 contains 9 early silent b&w short films & 1 feature: "Confidence" [1909], "The Golden Louis" [1909], "Her First Biscuits" [1909], "The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals" [1909], "Lucky Jim" [1909], "Pippa Passes, or, The Song of Conscience" [1909], "Resurrection" [1909], "The Rocky Road" [1910], "Her Terrible Ordeal" [1910], and "Home Sweet Home" [1914 silent feature] starring Lillian Gish & Henry B. Walthall As Director, Volume 3: Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $14.99 contains 6 early silent b&w short films & 1 feature: "The Cord of Life" [1909], "The Country Doctor" [1909], "The Cricket On The Hearth" [1909], "Fools of Fate" [1909], "What Drink Did" [1909], "Faithful" [1910], and "The Greatest Question" [1919 silent feature] starring Lillian Gish As Director, Volume 4: Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $14.99 contains 4 early silent b&w short films & 1 feature: "A Calamitous Elopement" [1908], "Betrayed By A Hand- print" [1908], "The Cardinal's Conspiracy" [1909], "A Child of The Ghetto" [1910], and "The White Rose" [1923 silent feature] starring Mae Marsh & Ivor Novello As Director, Volume 5: Classic Video Streams b&w DVD [8/2009] for $14.99 contains 6 early silent b&w short films & 1 feature: "Balked At The Altar" [1908], "Father Gets In The Game" [1908], "Money Mad" [1908], "The Curtain Pole" [1909], "A Drunkard's Reformation" [1909], "The Lure of The Gown" [1909], and "The Idol Dancer" [1920 silent feature] starring Richard Barthelmess
	"Griffith Masterworks 2" box set [2008] Kino Intl. DVD box set [11/2008] 5 disks for $80.99 contains "The Avenging Conscience" [1914 feature] starring Henry B. Walthall, Spottiswoode Aitken & Blanche Sweet; "Way Down East" [1920 feature] starring Lillian Gish & Richard Barthelmess; "Sally of The Sawdust" [1925 feature] starring Carol Dempster & W.C. Fields; "Abraham Lincoln" [1930 feature] starring Walter Huston; "The Struggle" [1931 feature]; and the PBS documentary "D.W. Griffith: Father of Film" [1993]; plus bonus "Edgar Allen Poe" [Biograph 1909 short]
	"Before Hollywood, There Was Fort Lee: Early Moviemaking In New Jersey" Image Ent. color/b&w DVD [5/2003] for $22.49 includes 40-minute featurette produced by Fort Lee Film Commission in 1964, plus D.W. Griffith's "The New York Hat" [Biograph 1912 short]; "The Wishing Ring" [World Film 1914 feature] adapted & directed by Maurice Tourneur; a half-hour version of Maurice Tourneur's "A Girl's Folly" [World Film 1917]; and portions of "Rescued From The Eagle's Nest" [Edison 1908 short] and D.W. Griffith's "The Curtain Pole" [Biograph 1909 short]
	"Griffith Masterworks" box set [2002] Kino Video b&w DVD box set [12/2002] 7 disks for $89.99 includes "The Birth of A Nation" [1915 feature], "Intolerance" [1916 feature], "Broken Blossoms" [1919 feature], "Orphans of The Storm [1921 feature], 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]

"Rescued From The Eagle's Nest" [Edison Jan 1908 short]
Directed by J. Searle Dawley; cinematography by Edwin S. Porter; starring Henry B. Walthall,
with D.W. Griffith as actor; available on Fort Lee DVD (above); full credits from IMDb

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

"The Curtain Pole" [Feb 1909 short]
Co-written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Mack Sennett & Florence Lawrence;
available on Fort Lee DVD (above); full credits from IMDb

"Edgar Allen Poe" [Feb 1909 short]
Co-written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Herbert Yost & Linda Arvidson;
available on Masterworks 2 set (above); full credits from IMDb

"The Light That Came" [11 mins; Nov 1909]
Written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Ruth Hart & Mary Pickford; full credits from IMDb
available on "Nickelodia 2": Unknown Video b&w DVD [11/2007] for $19.95

"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

"Ramona: The Story of The White Man's Injustice To The Indian" [17 mins; May 1910]
Co-written & directed by D.W. Griffith; co-written by Stanner E.V. Taylor, based on the 1884 novel by Helen Hunt Jackson;
starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Francis J. Grandon & Kate Bruce; credits at 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 (above) &
on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below); 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

"The House With The Closed Shutters" [16 mins.; Aug 1910]
available on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below); full credits at IMDb

"The Fugitive" [17 mins.; Nov 1910]
available on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below); full credits at 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

"Fate's Turning" [17 mins; Jan 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; full credits from IMDb
available on "Nickelodia 2": Unknown Video b&w DVD [11/2007] for $19.95

"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) & on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below)
full credits from IMDb

"His Trust Fulfilled" [17 mins.; Jan 1911]
available on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below); 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 Lonedale Operator" [17 mins.; March 1911, rereleased Nov 1915]
Produced & directed D.W. Griffith; written by Mack Sennett; starring Verner Clarges & Blanche Sweet;
preserved by MOMA-NYC and available only on "Treasures From American Film Archives" box set
full credits from IMDb

"A Country Cupid" [18 mins; July 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Blanche Sweet & Edna Foster; full credits from IMDb
available on "Nickelodia 1": Unknown Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $19.95

"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

"Swords and Hearts" [17 mins.; Aug 1911]
available on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below); full credits at IMDb

"The Adventures of Billy" [18 mins; Oct 1911]
Directed by D.W. Griffith; starring Donald Crisp & Edna Foster; full credits from IMDb
available on "Nickelodia 1": Unknown Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $19.95

"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

"The Battle" [19 mins.; Nov 1911]
available on "Birth of A Nation" DVD (below); full credits at 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

"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 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

"A Pueblo Legend" [13 mins.; Aug 1912]
Filmed at the Pueblo of Isleta Tuei in New Mexico; written & directed by D.W. Griffith; starring
Mary Pickford, Wilfred Lucas, Robert Harron, J. Jiquel Lanoe, Charles Hill Mailes & Jack Pickford
print exists only at the Mary Pickford Archive; 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 Informer" [18 mins.; Nov 1912]
full credits at 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 & the Fort Lee DVD (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

"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

"Home Sweet Home [1914 silent feature]
starring Lillian Gish & Henry B. Walthall

"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 full-length version is 190 minutes. 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 [12/2002] 2 disks for $26.99 the above DVD set includes a 'Making of..' documentary [1992] and 7 short films by D.W. Griffith Image Ent. 187-minute b&w silent DVD [11/98] for $14.99 Reel Enterprises 159-minute b&w DVD [11/2006] for $11.49 Triad Prodns 125-minute remastered silent b&w DVD [10/2008] for $19.95 Kino Video 165-minute b&w silent VHS [12/2002] 2 tapes - 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 Amazon.com

	"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
	"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

more details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on
"The Birth of A Nation" 1915 Movie Page

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

Also entitled "Intolerance: A Sun Play of The Ages"; 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)

"The Greatest Question" [1919 silent feature]
starring Lillian Gish

"The Idol Dancer" [1920 silent feature]
starring Richard Barthelmess

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

"Dream Street"  [United Artists April 1921]
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

"The White Rose" [1923 silent feature]
starring Mae Marsh & Ivor Novello

"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" feature [Paramount Aug 1925]
starring Carol Dempster & W.C. Fields; full credits from IMDb

"That  Royle  Girl"  [Paramount Dec 1925]
starring Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, Harrison Ford, Paul Everton, Kathleen Chambers & James Kirkwood
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" feature [United Artists Aug 1930]
Co-produced & directed by D.W. Griffith; co-written by Stephen Vincent Benet;
starring Walter Huston; 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

	"American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, The Birth of Hollywood & The Crime of The Century" [2008] by Howard Blum Anarchists bombed the Los Angeles Times offices on 1 October 1910; 21 employees died and a hundred were injured; the press dubbed the bombing 'The Crime of The Century'. The city hired legendary former Secret Service agent William J. Burns to investigate, and he soon had the McNamara brothers in jail. The defense hired attorney Clarence Darrow, who realized that the two men were provably guilty, and the men pled guilty and were sent to prison; the reporting of the trial was a national sensation. The author makes a case that film director David Wark Griffith, newly arrived in the outpost of Hollywood, perceived great drama in the bombing and trial and used elements of the story in his 1915 epic "The Birth of A Nation". Three Rivers Press 8x5 pb [10/2009] for $10.20   Crown 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2008] for $16.47
	"D.W. Griffith: Father of Film" [PBS TV broadcast March 1993] Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Kevin Brownlow & David Gill; narrated by director Lindsay Anderson Kino Intl. color/b&w DVD [11/2008] for $26.99 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
	"D.W. Griffith: Titan of The Film Art" [1976] by Leona Phillips Gordon Press hardcover [1976] out of print/scarce

"D.W. Griffith: A Biograph Treasury" [1975] by David Shepard out of print/scarce

	"Griffith and The Rise of Hollywood" [1970] by Paul O'Dell, with Anthony Slide A.S. Barnes pb [1970] out of print/used A.S. Barnes hardcover [1971] out of print/used Castle Books hardcover [1970] 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 M.O.M.A. New York 10½x7½ hardcover [9/2002] for $13.95 Museum of Modern Art New York hardcover [9/2002] for $13.95

D.W.  Griffith  Links
D.W. Griffith entry at Wikipedia
D.W. Griffith's credits {over 530 films!} at Internet Movie Database
no browse/Amazon DVDs entry for D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith poster catalog at AllPosters.com
United Artists Pictures Section of Magic Lantern's M.G.M. Studios Page
BR's D.W. Griffith fansite

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