David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career

About this film

LibriVox recording of David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career by Robert Edgar Long. Read in English by Chuck Williamson and Mary Schneider. An authorized biography of D.W. Griffith, the self-proclaimed "Father of Filmmaking." Written in collaboration with the director, Robert Edgar Long's biographical sketch traces Griffith's early life, his career as an actor and stage director, his rise as one of Biograph's most acclaimed and innovative filmmakers, and the making of his revolutionary (and controversial) full-length films: [i]The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms,[/i] and other cinema classics. Summary by ChuckW. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (124MB)

Directors & creators

Robert Edgar Long

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;film; cinema; movies; Hollywood; filmmaking; controversial figure

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