Project Gutenberg 2022-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 236 Arvidson, Linda 1884 1949 Johnson, Linda Griffith, D. W., Mrs. Griffith, Linda Arvidson Griffith, Mrs. D. W. 25019076 When the movies were young $aUnited States :$bE. P. Dutton & Company,$c1925. Eleven East Fourteenth Street -- Endings and beginnings -- Climacteric; an earthquake and a marriage -- Young ambitions and a few jolts -- The movies tempt -- Movie acting days; and an "if" -- D. W. Griffith directs his first movie -- Digging in -- First publicity and early scenarios -- Wardrobe; and a few personalities -- Mack Sennett gets started -- On location—experiences pleasant and otherwise -- At the studio -- Mary Pickford happens along -- Acquiring actors and style -- Cuddebackville -- "Pippa passes" filmed -- Getting on -- To the west coast -- In California and on the job -- Back home again -- It comes to pass -- The first two-reeler -- Embryo stars -- Marking time -- The old days end -- Somewhat digressive -- "The birth of a nation". Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "When the Movies Were Young" by Linda Arvidson is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the early days of the film industry, focusing on the experiences of David W. Griffith, one of its pioneering directors, and his wife Arvidson herself as she reflects on their life together in the burgeoning world of cinema. The memoir offers an insider's perspective on the struggles and triumphs of those who contributed to shaping modern filmmaking. At the start of the memoir, the author describes the significant cultural shift as motion pictures began to take hold in early 1900s America, particularly in their New York City studio at Eleven East Fourteenth Street. The narrative sets the scene in an old brownstone filled with nostalgia and change, contrasting the glamorous social gatherings of the past with the burgeoning chaos of the film industry. Arvidson introduces her husband, David Griffith, detailing his journey from a struggling actor to a prominent director while capturing the challenges and changes they faced as pioneers in the film world. The opening invites readers into the rich history of early cinema, inviting them to witness both the exhilaration and the trials that defined this transformative era in entertainment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/whenmovieswereyo00arvi/page/n9/mode/2up 20210212075916arvidson 1925 US Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Motion pictures -- United States -- History PN Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Biographies Category: American Literature 508385 2025-06-27T08:37:54.643570 text/html 480588 2024-10-19T00:20:10 text/html 11108513 2025-06-27T08:38:09.006079 application/epub+zip 11104808 2025-06-27T08:37:58.254040 application/epub+zip 365537 2025-06-27T08:37:55.749066 application/epub+zip 23402583 2025-06-27T08:38:16.208990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 23356921 2025-06-27T08:38:06.520997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 797001 2022-09-30T23:43:35.440574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451325 2025-06-27T08:37:53.392566 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 431325 2024-10-19T00:20:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17681 2025-06-27T08:38:16.358984 application/rdf+xml 20536 2025-06-27T08:37:56.003106 image/jpeg 3461 2025-06-27T08:37:55.873085 image/jpeg 13589272 2025-06-27T08:37:54.901613 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia