Thousand Horsemen for Griffith's "America" -- October 10, 2023

Motion Picture News, 06-October-1923

I have never seen The White Rose, which was shot on locations in the south. Mae Marsh had worked with Griffith since the Biograph. Ivor Novello was born in Wales. He was a playwright, a composer and singer. Someone called him "a minor league Noel Coward." Carol Dempster, Griffith's protégé, also played a leading role.

Motion Picture News, 27-October-1923

Film Daily, 27-October-1923

DW Griffith gathered many relics of the Revolutionary War when he went to New England to shoot some scenes for America. 

Motion Picture News, 13-October-1923

DW Griffith -- A Big Revolutionary Film With a Big Idea Behing It -- September 8, 2023

Motion Picture News, 29-September-1923

I have never seen The White Rose, which was shot on locations in the south. Mae Marsh had worked with Griffith since the Biograph. Ivor Novello was born in Wales. He was a playwright, a composer and singer. Someone called him "a minor league Noel Coward." Carol Dempster, Griffith's protégé, also played a leading role.

Film Daily, 07-September-1923

"The White Rose is a Griffith masterpiece."

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Motion Picture News, 01-September-1923

The White Rose was a hit at San Francisco's Strand Theater. By the time I went to the Strand, it was showing quadruple features and was a popular place for homeless people to sleep.

Film Daily, 14-September-1923

Theater owner Sid Grauman liked it, too. 

Omaha Bee, 16-September-1923

Motion Picture News, 29-September-1923

The DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) encouraged Griffith to make America, and epic about the Revolutionary War.

Film Daily, 10-September-1923

DW Griffith -- This Sort of Stuff is a Complete Waste of the Genius of the Man... August 8, 2023

Photoplay, August, 1923

Photoplay magazine felt that DW Griffith's The White Rose was a waste of his talent and "entirely too long." The magazine welcomed the return of Mae Marsh to Griffith and his productions. 

Picture Play, August, 1923

Motion Picture News, 04-August-1923

DW Griffith -- Jolson's Desertion -- July 8, 2023

Film Daily, 09-July-1923

Last month we saw that director DW Griffith wanted to make a movie with Al Jolson who was well-known for performing in blackface. Jolson jumped ship after work started on Black Magic. There was talk of a lawsuit. I have also seen the film referred to as Mammy's Boy. 

Sources say that the same script was eventually produced by someone else as "His Darker Self" with Lloyd Hamilton. I have seen that movie and cannot picture it as a Griffith film. 

Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1923

I have never seen The White Rose, which was shot on locations in the south. Mae Marsh had worked with Griffith since the Biograph. Ivor Novello was born in Wales. He was a playwright, a composer and singer. Someone called him "a minor league Noel Coward." Carol Dempster, Griffith's protégé, also played a leading role. 

Film Daily, 08-July-1923

After Jolson bailed out, Griffith was working on his historical epic, America. I suspect I will be writing quite a lot about that movie.

A Drama with a Sociological Purpose -- October 11, 2014

Moving Picture World, 03-October-1914

After leaving the Biograph, DW Griffith formed Reliance-Majestic with Harry Aiken.  Griffith brought along most of his Biograph stock company, including Blanche Sweet.  I like this photo, which looks remarkably current. 

Moving Picture World, 10-October-1914

Mae Marsh was another Griffith actress.  She looked like a little girl, but she could act.  Note that Griffith specials are listed at the bottom, including The Avenging Conscience, The Escape, Home Sweet Home and The Battle of the Sexes.  "Coming -- THE CLANSMAN -- America's Biggest Film."  This became The Birth of a Nation. 



Moving Picture World, 31-October-1914

"Paid With Interest" was a two-reeler.  This ad offers large photos of the stock company, and lists the company's Komic comedy productions. 

Majestic Motion Picture Company -- September 12, 2014

Moving Picture World, November 21, 1914.

After finishing Birth of a Nation, DW Griffith and his stock company moved on to the Majestic Motion Picture Company, where he directed and produced shorts and short features for Mutual release.  This ad features his leading ladies, Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish, "Who appear Exclusively in Majestic Releases and 'Griffith' Specials."