When the movies were young
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About This Book
Just off Union Square, New York City, there is a stately old brownstone house on which future generations some day may place a tablet to commemorate the place where David W. Griffith and Mary Pickford were first associated with moving pictures.Linda Arvidson's book 'When the movies were young' shows a history of the early days of film in New York City, with all the characters needed to create movie magic. From the Advertising Bulletin for “Balked at the Altar” to the brilliant social world of early movie days, to “Little Mary” portraying the type of heroine that won her a legion of admirers.Fr...
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- WHEN THE MOVIES WERE YOUNG
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- WHEN THE MOVIES WERE YOUNG
- WHEN THE MOVIES WERE YOUNG
- CHAPTER I ELEVEN EAST FOURTEENTH STREET
- CHAPTER II ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS
- CHAPTER III CLIMACTERIC—AN EARTHQUAKE AND A MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER IV YOUNG AMBITIONS AND A FEW JOLTS
- CHAPTER V THE MOVIES TEMPT
- CHAPTER VI MOVIE ACTING DAYS—AND AN “IF”
- CHAPTER VII D. W. GRIFFITH DIRECTS HIS FIRST MOVIE
- CHAPTER VIII DIGGING IN
- CHAPTER IX FIRST PUBLICITY AND EARLY SCENARIOS
- CHAPTER X WARDROBE—AND A FEW PERSONALITIES
- CHAPTER XI MACK SENNETT GETS STARTED
- CHAPTER XII ON LOCATION—EXPERIENCES PLEASANT AND OTHERWISE
- CHAPTER XIII AT THE STUDIO
- CHAPTER XIV MARY PICKFORD HAPPENS ALONG
- CHAPTER XV ACQUIRING ACTORS AND STYLE
- CHAPTER XVI CUDDEBACKVILLE
- CHAPTER XVII “PIPPA PASSES” FILMED
- CHAPTER XVIII GETTING ON
- CHAPTER XIX TO THE WEST COAST
- CHAPTER XX IN CALIFORNIA AND ON THE JOB
- CHAPTER XXI BACK HOME AGAIN
- CHAPTER XXII IT COMES TO PASS
- CHAPTER XXIII THE FIRST TWO-REELER
- CHAPTER XXIV EMBRYO STARS
- CHAPTER XXV MARKING TIME
- CHAPTER XXVI THE OLD DAYS END
- CHAPTER XXVII SOMEWHAT DIGRESSIVE
- CHAPTER XXVIII “THE BIRTH OF A NATION”
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