var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); "To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence, coordination, and first eloquence of language; the birth of an art: and to realize that this is all the work of one man." - James Agee L illian Gish called him "the father of film" and Charlie Chaplin called him "the teacher of us all." At the pinnacle of his worldwide prominence, D.W. Griffith screened his films for the urban working-class as well as for presidents at the White House. Griffiths films became part of history in the makingunleashing the power of movies as a catalyst for social change. More than anyone of the silent era, he saw films potential as an expressive medium, and exploited that potential. Charlie Chaplin Jack Paar Lillian Gish Internet Movie ... Resources The Masters List Actors Studio Adler, Stella | |
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