FAMOUS FILM PRODUCER MISSING
WITH COMPANY OF KINEiIA ACTORS. •Vancouver, December 13.' Mr. D. W. Griffith and ihirty-six kinenm actors, on board a.yacht off Jhe Florida coast, are missing—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Mr. D. W. Griffith is the famous, producer of feature motion pictures. His m:\slorpeccs include: "The Birth of a Nation," "Intolerance," "Judith of Befltii'in," "Hearts of the World," etc.] [D. W. Griffith was an American actor, louring the United States and Canada, before he went into the. picture bus.nsss, first as a plavcr and afterwards.a? a producer. In the latter department he proved to be the "Napoleon <f the kitn-ma, and seized with ideas bigger and grander than anyone hail previously contemplated, he initiated the super-fea-ture picture, g'ving in the world such masterpieces as "The liitth of a Nation, '•'lntolerance," "Hearts of the World, and "The T>jiu>\ht*rs of Babylon." setting a new standard in '(cinematography.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 70, 16 December 1919, Page 9
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146FAMOUS FILM PRODUCER MISSING Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 70, 16 December 1919, Page 9
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