The First Film MakersThrough autobiographical writings and the appraisals of contemporaries and more recent historians, provides the reader with a background for understanding how Thomas Ince, William S. Hart, D.W. Griffith, and Erich von Stroheim did their work. Also reveals some of the conflicts in critical views abou |
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Introduction D W Griffiths American Dream | 1 |
Chapter 1 The Earliest Days | 27 |
Terry Ramsaye The Story Picture Is Born | 31 |
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