D.W. Griffith (1875 - 1948)

American director, writer, and producer

* January 22, 1875 LaGrange, Kentucky
 as David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
 July 21, 1948 Hollywood, California



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 7, 6 April 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 11, 4 May 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 23, 27 July 1922

Picture Play Magazine, April 1923
Photoplay, October 1928
Photoplay, October 1928

Photoplay, December 1928
Photoplay, December 1928
Photoplay, April 1929


Books on D.W. Griffith

Charlie Keil (ed.) A companion to D.W. Griffith Charlie Keil (ed.)
A companion to D.W. Griffith
Hoboken, NJ, 2018

Anthony Slide (ed.) D.W. Griffith Anthony Slide (ed.)
D.W. Griffith, Interviews
Jackson, 2012

David Mayer
Stagestruck filmmaker, D.W. Griffith and the American theatre
Iowa City, 2009

Paolo Cherchi Usai
David Wark Griffith
Milano, 2008

Scott Simon The Films of D.W. Griffith Scott Simon
The Films of D.W. Griffith
Cambridge, 1993

Tom Gunning
D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film, the Early Years at Biograph
Urbana/Chicago, 1991

Cooper C. Graham et al.
D.W. Griffith and the Biograph Company
Metuchen, N.J., and London, 1985

Richard Schickel
D.W. Griffith, An American Life
New York, 1984

Martin Williams
Griffith, First Artist of the Movies
New York, 1980

Robert M. Henderson
D.W. Griffith, His Life and Work
New York, 1972

Paul O'Dell Griffith and the Rise of Hollywood Paul O'Dell
Griffith and the Rise of Hollywood
London - New York, 1970

Robert M. Henderson
D.W. Griffith, The Years at Biograph
New York, 1970

Books with substantial mentioning of D.W. Griffith

Harper Cossar
Letterboxed, The evolution of widescreen cinema
Lexington, KY, 2011

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

Marilyn Fabe
Closely watched films, An introduction to the art of narrative film technique
Berkeley, 2004

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Gavin Lambert, edited by Robert Trachtenberg
On Cukor
New York, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Silent Years Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

Kevin Brownlow The Parade's Gone by... Kevin Brownlow
The Parade's Gone by...
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1976

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

William Kuhns
Movies in America
Dayton, OH, 1972

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on D.W. Griffith

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Articles on D.W. Griffith

Charlie Keil, D.W. Griffith and the Development of American Narrative Cinema, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chisester, 2012

Nicholas Baer, Helios and the Apocalypse, Visions of American History in Films by Griffith, Ford, and Stroheim, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chisester, 2012

Arthur Lennig, "There is a tragedy going on here which I will tell you later": D.W. Griffith and Abraham Lincoln, in: Film History, vol. 22, 2010 pp. 41-72

Kayla McKinney Wiggins and Michael Wiggins, When Silence was Golden, Silent Civil War Films before The Birth of a Nation, in: Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller (eds.), The American Civil War on film and TV, Lanham, Maryland, 2017

Films

1908
The Guerrilla
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Falsely Accused!

1909
A Drunkard's Reformation
The Red Man's View
The Winning Coat
In Old Kentucky
Edgar Allan Poe
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
The Politicians Love Story
The Country Doctor
Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience
The Light That Came

1910
In the Border States
The House with Closed Shutters
The Honor of His Family
The Cloister's Touch
The Golden Supper
The Call to Arms
Happy Jack, a Hero
The Fugitive

1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
The Battle
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust
Her Awakening
The Lonedale Operator
Fisher Folks
Heart Beats of Long Ago
Fighting Blood
Swords and Hearts
The Last Drop of Water

1912
Brutality
Gold and Glitter
The New York Hat
The Mender of Nets
For His Son
The Female of the Species
Unseen Enemy, An
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Girl and Her Trust
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

1913
The Mothering Heart
The House of Darkness
Death's Marathon
The Battle of Elderbush Gulch

1914
Judith of Bethulia
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
Brute Force
Home, Sweet Home
The Battle of the Sexes
The Escape

1915
The Birth of a Nation
The Lily and the Rose
The Lamb

1916
Intolerance
The Flying Torpedo
The Social Secretary
Hoodoo Ann
Daphne and the Pirate
An Innocent Magdalene

1918
Hearts of the World
The Greatest Thing in Life
The Great Love
The Hun Within

1919
Scarlet Days
True Heart Susie
Broken Blossoms
The Greatest Question
A Romance of Happy Valley
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
The Mother and the Law

1920
Remodeling Her Husband
Way Down East
The Love Flower
The Idol Dancer

1921
Orphans of the Storm
Dream Street

1922
One Exciting Night

1923
The White Rose

1924
Isn't Life Wonderful
America

1925
That Royle Girl
Sally of the Sawdust

1926
The Sorrows of Satan

1928
Drums of Love
The Battle of the Sexes

1929
Lady of the Pavements

1930
Abraham Lincoln

1931
The Struggle

1936
San Francisco

1940
One Million B.C.

1951
Footlight Varieties

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