02451nam 2200553 a 450 991077894730332120230721020532.01-58729-840-6(CKB)2550000000083272(EBL)843273(OCoLC)773567003(SSID)ssj0000593457(PQKBManifestationID)11391298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000593457(PQKBWorkID)10741154(PQKB)10718649(MiAaPQ)EBC843273(MdBmJHUP)muse8999(Au-PeEL)EBL843273(CaPaEBR)ebr10579411(EXLCZ)99255000000008327220080919d2009 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrStagestruck filmmaker[electronic resource] D.W. Griffith & the American theatre /David MayerIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20091 online resource (330 p.)Studies in theatre history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-790-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-293) and index.Includes filmography: p. [277]-280.The mobile theatre -- Actor and playwright -- Griffith at Biograph -- Dramas of Civil War, ethnicity, and race -- The Clansman and The birth of a nation -- Eclecticism and exploration -- Way down East -- Twilight revels.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. In pioneering the quintessentially modern medium of film from the 1890's to the 1930's, he drew from older, more broadly appealing stage forms of melodrama, comedy, vaudeville, and variety. In Stagestruck Filmmaker, David Mayer brings Griffith's process vividly to life, offering detailed and valuable insights into the racial, ethnic, class, and gender issues of these transitional decades.Studies in theatre history and culture.Motion pictures and theaterMotion pictures and theater.791.4302/33092Mayer David677842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778947303321Stagestruck filmmaker3851030UNINA