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Oct 9, 2024 · In 1913 Griffith left Biograph and entered into an agreement with Mutual Films for the direction and supervision of motion pictures. From this association, among other films, came The Birth of a Nation.
- Robert M. Henderson
Nov 3, 2009 · Griffith’s final film for Biograph, Judith of Bethulia, was an adventure for all involved, since Griffith’s company of actors and technicians (nearly all of whom would follow him when he left Biograph) had never made a film nearly as long or spectacular. Griffith assured Blanche, then seventeen, that her great (but short) co-star Henry B ...
Griffith left Biograph because of company resistance to his goals and his cost overruns on the film. He took his company of actors with him and joined the Mutual Film Corporation. There he co-produced The Life of General Villa, a silent biographical-action movie starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location in Mexico during a civil war.
Oct 9, 2024 · During his Biograph period D.W. Griffith introduced or refined the techniques of motion-picture exposition, including the close-up, a film shot in which a single object or face filled the screen; the scenic long shot, showing an entire panoramic view; and cross-cutting, a technique of editing scenes at various locations together and intermixing ...
- Robert M. Henderson
Apr 2, 2014 · By 1908, Griffith had entered the fledgling world of moviemaking. He did acting work for the New York City film companies Edison and Biograph and went on to become a director of hundreds of...
The couple moved to New York and Griffith eventually made his way to the front door of Biograph, one of the first American film studios. He was hired as an actor, but was soon pressed into...
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Griffith, renowned as the "White Falcon", is the leader of the reborn Band of the Falcon and Supreme Commander of the Midland Regular Army. Famed for his leadership in numerous battles, he is celebrated as a savior across the continent and revered as the "Falcon of Light".
