Hollywood Directors

INTRODUCTION = xvii I PIONEERS 1914-1920 EDWIN S. PORTER = 3 Evolution of the Motion Picture = 4 ALICE GUY-BLACHE = 7 Woman's Place in Photoplay Production = 8 J. STUART BLACKTON = 12 Early History = 13 SIDNEY OLCOTT = 24 The Present and the Future of Film = 25 JAMES HORNE = 29 James Horne's Own Story = 30 GEORGE FITZMAURICE = 33 The Art of Directing = 34 D. W. GRIFFITH = 36 Pictures vs. One Night Stands = 37 WILLIAM S. HART = 44 Living Your Character = 45 LOIS WEBER = 49 A Dream in Realization-An Interview = 50 MACK SENNETT = 54 The Psychology of Film Comedy = 55 THOMAS H. INCE = 61 The Early Days at Kay Bee = 62 IDA MAY PARK = 71 The Motion-Picture Director = 72 MAURICE TOURNEUR = 75 Meeting the Public Demands = 76 II SILENT AGE 1921-1927 REX INGRAM = 83 Directing the Picture = 84 MARSHALL NEILAN = 92 Acting for the Screen: The Six Great Essentials = 93 CHARLES CHAPLIN = 101 Can Art Be Popular? = 102 ROBERT FLAHERTY = 109 Picture Making in the South Seas = 110 ROBERT FLOREY = 117 Foreign Atmosphere for the American Screen = 118 HERBERT BRENON = 123 Must They Have Temperament? = 124 HAROLD LLOYD = 128 The Hardships of Fun Making = 129 BUSTER KEATON = 142 Why I Never Smile = 143 ALLAN DWAN = 153 Adaptations = 154 CECIL B. DE MILLE = 161 The Public is Always Right = 162 ERICH VON STROHEIM = 171 The Seamy Side of Directing = 172 HARRY LANGDON = 176 The Serious Side of Comedy Making = 177 FRANK CAPRA = 180 The Gag Man = 181 EDWIN CAREWE = 186 Directorial Training = 187 III TRANSITION TO SOUND 1928-1933 FRED NIBLO = 193 Americanizing the American Pictures = 194 JOHN FORD = 198 Veteran Producer Muses = 199 EDMUND GOULDING = 205 The Talkers in Close-Up = 206 F. W. MURNAU = 214 Films of the Future = 215 PAUL FEJOS = 222 Illusion on the Screen = 223 MONTA BELL = 227 The Director: His Problems and Qualifications = 228 FRANK BORZAGE = 234 Directing a Talking Picture = 235 WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES = 238 Pictorial Beauty in the Photoplay = 239 SLAVKO VORKAPICH = 252 Cinematics: Some Principles Underlying Effective Cinematography = 253 ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK = 260 Warriors of the Desert = 261 ERNST LUBITSCH = 270 Film Directing = 271 IV THE DREAM FACTORY 1934-1940 KING VIDOR = 277 Rubber Stamp Movies = 278 HAL ROACH = 283 The Gag's the Thing = 284 ROUBEN MAMOULIAN = 287 Some Problems in the Direction of Color Pictures = 288 WILLIAM DEMILLE = 294 Mickey vs. Popeye = 295 JOHN CROMWELL = 299 The Voice Behind the Megaphone = 300 W. S. VAN DYKE = 310 R for a Thin Man = 311 LEWIS MILESTONE = 317 The Reign of the Director = 318 GEORGE CUKOR = 321 The Director = 322 TAY GARNETT = 332 There's Profit in Sharing Profits = 333 WILLIAM K. HOWARD = 336 Filming in Astoria = 337 WILLIAM DIETERLE = 341 Thoughts About Directing = 342 FRANK TUTTLE = 350 Hollywood Bites Dog = 351 Index 355

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