Mayer David:
Stagestruck Filmmaker
D.W.Griffith And The American Theatre
Series editor: ThomasPostlewait
University Of Iowa Press (United States), 2009
Hardback, 320 pages
Size: 229x152 mm
ISBN: 9781587297908
ISBN-10: 1587297906
Stagestruck Filmmaker
An actor, a vaudevillian, and a dramatist before he became a filmmaker, D W Griffith used the resources of theatre to great purpose and to great ends. This title brings Griffith's process, offering insights into the racial, ethnic, class, and gender issues of these transitional decades.

