The Griffith Project: v. 2: Films Produced January - June, 1909

by Usai, Paolo Cherchi

• ISBN13: 9780851707488
• ISBN10: 0851707483
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-26
• Publisher: British Film Inst

Summary

Silent film director D.W. Griffith is the subject of this study. Only a small group of his more than 500 films are subject to analysis. The creative output of Griffiths from " Professional Jealousy" (1907) to " The Struggle" (1931) is explored.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Notes on Contributors	viii
Note on Layout	x
Love Finds a Way	1	(2)
Those Boys!	3	(2)
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis	5	(2)
Those Awful Hats	7	(2)
Tragic Love	9	(2)
The Cord of Life	11	(2)
The Girls and Daddy	13	(2)
The Brahma Diamond	15	(3)
Politician's Love Story	18	(2)
Jones and the Lady Book Agent	20	(2)
His Wife's Mother	22	(2)
The Golden Louis	24	(2)
His Ward's Love	26	(2)
The Prussian Spy	28	(2)
The Deception	30	(2)
At the Altar	32	(2)
Lady Helen's Escapade	34	(2)
A Fool's Revenge	36	(3)
I Did It, Mamma	39	(2)
The Medicine Bottle	41	(2)
The Salvation Army Lass	43	(2)
The Lure of the Gown	45	(2)
The Wooden Leg	47	(2)
The Voice of the Violin	49	(2)
``And a Little Child Shall Lead Them''	51	(2)
Jones and His New Neighbors	53	(2)
Trying to Get Arrested	55	(2)
A Drunkard's Reformation	57	(4)
The Winning Coat	61	(2)
A Rude Hostess	63	(2)
A Burglar's Mistake	65	(2)
The Road to the Heart	67	(2)
The Eavesdropper	69	(2)
Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade	71	(2)
The French Duel	73	(2)
Twin Brothers	75	(2)
The Note in the Shoe	77	(3)
Lucky Jim	80	(3)
A Sound Sleeper	83	(2)
A Troublesome Satchel	85	(2)
Confidence	87	(3)
The Suicide Club	90	(2)
The Drive for a Life	92	(4)
One Busy Hour	96	(2)
'Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good	98	(4)
A Baby's Shoe	102	(5)
The Jilt	107	(3)
Her First Biscuits	110	(2)
Eloping with Aunty	112	(2)
Resurrection	114	(3)
The Violin Maker of Cremona	117	(2)
The Cricket on the Hearth	119	(3)
Eradicating Aunty	122	(2)
What Drink Did	124	(3)
Two Memories	127	(2)
The Peachbasket Hat	129	(2)
The Son's Return	131	(4)
A New Trick	135	(2)
His Duty	137	(2)
The Lonely Villa	139	(6)
The Faded Lillies	145	(2)
The Friend of the Family	147	(2)
The Way of Man	149	(3)
Was Justice Served?	152	(3)
The Necklace	155	(2)
The Mexican Sweethearts	157	(2)
The Message	159	(3)
The Country Doctor	162	(5)
The Seventh Day	167	(2)
The Cardinal's Conspiracy	169	(3)
Jealousy and the Man	172	(2)
Tender Hearts	174	(2)
A Convict's Sacrifice	176	(3)
A Strange Meeting	179	(3)
Mrs. Jones' Lover; or, ``I Want My Hat''	182	(2)
The Renunciation	184	(3)
Sweet and Twenty	187	(2)
The Slave	189	(3)
Bibliography	192	(1)
Index of Titles: January--June 1909	193	(2)
Cumulative Index of Titles: 1907--June 1909	195