The Griffith Project: Films Produced in 1912: Vol VI

by Usai, Paolo Cherchi

• ISBN13: 9780851709536
• ISBN10: 0851709532
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-26
• Publisher: British Film Inst

Summary

1912 is the first " golden year" in the career of D.W. Griffith. There is still a wealth of treasures waiting to be uncovered in this year. Their reappraisal is one of the aims of this sixth installment in the multi-year research project commissioned by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Sacile.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Notes on Contributors	x
Note on Layout	xii
The Mender of Nets	1	(3)
Under Burning Skies	4	(4)
A Siren of Impulse	8	(3)
Iola's Promise	11	(4)
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch	15	(3)
The Girl and Her Trust	18	(4)
The Punishment	22	(2)
Fate's Interception	24	(3)
The Female of the Species	27	(3)
Just Like a Woman	30	(3)
One Is Business; The Other Crime	33	(3)
The Lesser Evil	36	(2)
The Old Actor	38	(3)
A Lodging for the Night	41	(6)
His Lesson	47	(4)
When Kings Were the Law	51	(6)
A Beast at Bay	57	(4)
Home Folks	61	(5)
A Temporary Truce	66	(3)
Lena and the Geese	69	(3)
The Spirit Awakened	72	(3)
The School Teacher and the Waif	75	(3)
Man's Lust For Gold	78	(3)
An Indian Summer	81	(2)
Heaven Avenges	83	(3)
The Massacre	86	(5)
Man's Genesis	91	(3)
The Sands of Dee	94	(6)
A Pueblo Legend	100	(9)
The Narrow Road	109	(5)
A Child's Remorse	114	(4)
The Inner Circle	118	(5)
A Change of Spirit	123	(5)
An Unseen Enemy	128	(4)
Two Daughters of Eve	132	(3)
Friends	135	(3)
So Near, Yet So Far	138	(3)
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills	141	(3)
In the Aisles of the Wild	144	(3)
The One She Loved	147	(4)
The Painted Lady	151	(7)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley	158	(8)
Heredity	166	(3)
Gold and Glitter	169	(5)
My Baby	174	(6)
The Informer	180	(7)
Brutality	187	(6)
The Unwelcome Guest	193	(4)
The New York Hat	197	(4)
My Hero	201	(3)
The Burglar's Dilemma	204	(4)
A Cry for Help	208	(3)
The God Within	211	(3)
Three Friends	214	(3)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady	217	(3)
Oil and Water	220	(4)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods	224	(3)
The Tender-Hearted Boy	227	(3)
A Chance Deception	230	(3)
Fate	233	(4)
A Father's Lesson	237	(4)
A Misappropriated Turkey	241	(3)
Brothers	244	(3)
Drink's Lure	247	(4)
When Love Forgives	251	(4)
Bibliography	255	(2)
Description of Scenes from Copyright Records	257	(53)
Index of Titles: 1912	310	(2)
Cumulative Index of Titles: 1907--1912	312