D. W. Griffith: His Life And Work

ROBERT M. HENDERSON

Publication: Oxford University Press, 1972, New York

First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, titles in silver gilt on the front cover and spine, black endpapers, ix [blank], 326 pp., preface, illustrated, portraits, appendix, notes, index. The story of the one-time Kentucky farm boy and high school drop out, who launched the careers of Mary Pickford, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey, ended his life in obscurity, unemployed and ignored by the industry he had helped to create. He contributed a number of Western films among his numerous productions. Fine in dust jacket with a crease to front flap fold.

Inventory Number: 12957