d.w. griffith

     

This director started filming his adaptation of "The Clansman" in 1914, but soon ran into budget problems

Trivia about d.w. griffith

  • Most of his profits from "The Birth of a Nation" were lost when he made "Intolerance"
  • Film pioneer David Wark...
  • In 1919 this producer/director found United Artists along with Charlie Chaplin & 2 others
  • As a teenager, Noel appeared in this "Birth Of A Nation" director's silent film "Hearts Of The World" in 1918
  • When this director's "The Birth of a Nation" was released in 1915, tickets were an unheard of $2
  • Frank Capra dubbed this director of "The Birth of a Nation" "The Poor Man's Shakespeare"
  • In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston
  • This legendary early film director had the given names David Wark
  • G.W. Bitzer was the cinematographer on most of this director's silent films
  • "Broken Blossoms","Intolerance","Way Down East"
  • Thomas Dixon, a minister in Raleigh, penned "The Clansman"; this director filmed it as "The Birth of a Nation"

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