DW GRIFFITH THE OATH AND THE MAN 1910
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- Published: 03 Nov 2007
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THE OATH AND THE MAN 1910 www.YouTube.com www.YouTube.com www.YouTube.com www.YouTube.com DW GRIFFITH AT BIOGRAPH COMPANY BY IRA GALLEN With his financial footing secured for the first time since his childhood, Griffith was soon turning out the type of productions that the Biograph Co. was looking for, namely films that would make good money. For Griffith, the newfound security left him free to turn his mind and attention to methods of improving upon the standards with which he was now beginning to work. He noticed that older actors photographed poorly under the handicap of the low speed orthochromatic film stock that was the standard of the era. As a counter to this fact, he began to develop much younger talent, a part of his job that he would find to be a great enjoyment to him. The quality that made these young actors and actresses special was a certain, almost indefinable quality that Griffith saw in them. It was quickly noticed in some, in others a more gradual process would bring the quality to the front. For many of the company that Griffith would bring together, this quality was a dormant commodity until it was exposed to a pseudo-Svengali, a "Bergman" of the past, a David Wark Griffith. Griffith himself would speak of it as "soul" when discussing the acting of his players and felt that the actor with "soul" could enter into his or her work with all the ardor they had to offer; they would feel and live their parts, and the results would be superior performances <b>...</b>
