the miser ' s heart
the miser' s heart
( 1911) director d. w. griffith, cinematographer billy bitzer
the miser' s heart
( 1911) director d. w. griffith, cinematographer billy bitzer - youtube
the miser' s heart (1911) - lionel barrymore - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
‎the miser' s heart (1911) directed by d. w. griffith • reviews, film + cast • letterboxd
the miser' s heart (1911) - lionel barrymore - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer - youtube
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this is a plaster cast of donatello' s original gilt bronze' the miracle of the miser' s heart' in the basilica di sant' antonio in padua, which he executed in 1446 - 48; the cast made by signor tombola in about 1884. the scene relates to the text of luke xii. 34
where is your treasure, there is your heart
. the dead miser' s heart is found in a coffer with his gold .
in this scene on the end wall of the room, the heart of a deceased miser is found in his money chest, as the saint predicted. the miracle chastises the vice .
the drawing depicts saint anthony of padua performing a miracle, likely that of the miser’s heart. preaching on the sin of greed, saint anthony, here seen at the near left, tells his listeners that a man’s heart ends up with his treasures. to prove his point, he opens the body of a recently deceased miser to reveal that it is empty: as anthony predicted, the man’s heart is discovered in his money chest alongside his gold. in june 1501, the venetian brothers antonio and tullio lombardo were commissioned to carve two marble reliefs for the chapel of sant’antonio in padua, based on the approval of a drawing to be submitted by the artists. antonio never completed his relief, on the subject of the miser’s heart, though it was much later executed, with several variations, by tullio. this recently acquired drawing appears to be the only record of antonio’s original idea for the composition and is one of two extant drawings that can be attributed to him .
the mothering heart (1913) - lillian gish | d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
on 23 june, 1447, donatello formerly contracted for the four reliefs depicting miracles performed by st anthony of padua. three of these reliefs were already cast by then, but the miracle of the miser' s heart had not yet been modelled. on 4 august 1447, it was given to the foundry to be cast. payments for cornices in 1455 show that the four miracle reliefs were originally placed lower than the seven freestanding figures, on a level with the symbols of the evangelists and the angel reliefs. the scene relates to the text of luke xii. 34
where is your treasure, there is your heart
. the dead miser' s heart is found in a coffer with his gold .
plaster cast, painted plaster, after the bronze, partly gilded original relief of' the miracle of the miser' s heart', from the high altar of the basilica of st anthony of padua, padua, by donatello in padua, 1446 - 8. cast by signor tombola in venice, in about 1884 .
for the first year, all of victor’s productions featured florence lawrence. playing opposite her was owen moore, formerly one of the biograph company’s favorite leading men and the husband of mary pickford. victor’s productions were gradually absorbed into universal’s general program. representative films: not like other girls (1912); sorrows of israel (1913); flo’s discipline (1913); the girl o’ the woods (1913) .
a fun griffith short, with an adorable first half about the friendship between a famished little girl and a sad old miser, and an extremely silly second in which he' s targeted by robbers, attracting the attention of sleepy minor - league thief, lionel barrymore. it' s a shame that its abundant charm and easy naturalism rather evaporates midway through, but it' s still one of the director' s best early works, with some truly lovely little moments .
a simple short where an old miser being robbed must choose between giving away his fortune and the life of a little girl the men hang out the window. griffith' s knack for creating tension entirely through editing is evident here and the comedic bits with the little girl early on were actually quite funny .
alkali ike' s auto (1911) - gilbert m .
broncho billy
anderson
the scenes with kathy hanging out the window are pretty intense, but other than that it' s a little boring .
thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. he refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a girl who lives in his building
thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. he refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a girl who lives in his building .
the burglar' s dilemma (1912) - lionel barrymore - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
many of the universal productions made in new jersey studios were short films. among them: neptune’s daughter, 1914; morgan’s raiders, 1918 (with violet mersereau); absinthe, 1914 (with king baggot); the house of fear, 1915 .
a drunkard' s reformation
( 1909) director d. w. griffith starring arthur v. johnson
artcraft pictures was formed in the summer of 1916 as a prestigious offshoot of adolph zukor’s famous playerslasky corp. , which was at the time the most powerful company in the movie industry. the talent gathered together to launch the new company included d. w. griffith, thomas ince, cecil b. demille, mary pickford, douglas fairbanks, elsie ferguson, william s. hart, geraldine farrar, and george m. cohan .
this is the second time i' ve watched d. w. griffith dangle a toddler out of a window. it was crazy watching this movie after just talking about how contrived and ridiculous griffth' s plots are. this movie jumps to 11 in the blink of an eye, going from an old man sharing a pastry with his downstairs neighbors kid, to that old man' s apartment being broken into by hardcore burglars. and this seamless transition is achieved through a crazy clunky title card. i mean, it' s entertaining and ridiculous... but it' s not good. especially after just seeing feuillade so deftly handle plot turns .
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these casts show reliefs that donatello made for the basilica in padua. they illustrate miracles performed by st anthony, the city' s patron saint. in one relief, the saint restores a man' s severed limb. in another he wills an ass to kneel. another relief shows the saint causing a baby to speak and name its father, saving its mother who has been accused of adultery. [ 2014 ]
cast: adolph lestina [ the miser ], lionel barrymore [ jules, the thief ], kate toncray [ the woman ], robert harron [ the baker’s assistant ], ynez seabury [ little kathy ], linda arvidson [ kathy’s mother ], edward dillon [ the broke young man ], edith haldeman [ the little child ], wilfred lucas [ first crook ], charles hill mailes [ second crook ], william j. butler [ policeman ], donald crisp [ policeman ], alfred paget [ policeman ], frank evans [ policeman ], adele de garde [ neighbor ], blanche sweet [ neighbor ], w. c. robinson [ man in front of clothing store ], j. waltham [ man on street ]
goldwyn pictures corporation was formed in december, 1916 by samuel goldfish, edgar and archibald selwyn, margaret mayo, and arthur hopkins. the name was formed by combining the names of goldfish and selwyn. the dominant figure in the company was sam goldfish, who had been one of the founding partners in the jesse l. lasky feature film co. two years earlier. he was forced out of the company in early 1916 when lasky’s business connection with adolph zukor’s famous players film co. was tightened. sam goldfish liked the goldwyn name so well that he had his name changed to goldwyn .
new jersey’s world pictures was founded to import foreign - made features on a title - by - title basis. in 1914, several investors came together and bought the company to distribute the product of their newly - established feature - filmmaking enterprises. the central figure in the negotiations was lewis selznick. selznick started a new production company, equitable pictures, and enticed movie queen clara kimball young away from the vitagraph company. equitable joined with a production company founded by the shubert theatrical company, managed by broadway producer william a. brady, and with jules brulatour’s peerless pictures under the banner of world pictures, the former distributing company .
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compositional sketches for the virgin adoring the christ child, with and without the infant st. john the baptist; diagram of a perspectival projection (recto); slight doodles (verso )
in the museo salvatore, romano, florence: - 9. marble reliefs depicting the half - length figures of st prosdocimus and another saint, possibly two of the four half - length saints seen by marcantonio michiel on the back of the altar, in the early 16th century .
at the same time, keystone sent comedy star fatty arbuckle east to make several slapstick comedies in the fort lee studios. arbuckle directed a number of them himself. among these films: a reckless romeo, 1916: he did and he didn’t (with mabel normand), 1916; love and lobsters (with mabel normand), 1916; the bright lights, 1916; the waiter’s ball (with al st. john), 1916; and the moonshiners (with al st. john and alice lake), 1916 .
in the museo antoniano, padua: - 8. a pair of volutes, thought to have come from the canopy which once surmounted the altar .
essentially a los angeles - based film distribution company managed by harry aitken, triangle co. leased production facilities in new jersey. the leases were for one or more productions at a time. in late winter of 1915 - 1916, douglas fairbanks worked on his picture in the papers, directed by emerson and written by emerson and his wife anita loos. at the time, fairbanks was triangle’s fastest rising star. he then worked on the habit of happiness, directed by alan dwan .
much of the above material is from the book the movies begin: making movies in new jersey (1897 - 1920) by paul c. spehr .
griffith suspense formula with extra added heartwarming life lesson. reuses the baby - out - the - window gimmick from the cord of life (1909) .
the films produced by artcraft were not offered in famous players’ regular programs of films but, instead, were distributed through paramount pictures, the distributing organization controlled by zukor’s companies. artcraft pictures were made in famous players’ hollywood and new york studios and the peerless studio in fort lee, which was leased to expand production. the first film produced in fort lee was the pride of the clan (exteriors shot at marblehead, ma), directed by maurice tourneur and starring mary pickford. this was followed by a poor little rich girl, also directed by tourneur with mary pickford returning to her popular young girl role .
on 13 april 1446, a donation of 15, 000 lire was accepted from a paduan citizen, francesco da tergola, for the construction of the high altar of the santo. the first payment to donatello for the new altar occurs in february 1447. although the altar was temporarily erected for the feast of st anthony (june 13) 1448, and most of the major figures were cast by 1450, the project was still unfinished when donatello left padua in 1454 .
founded in 1916 by richard rowland and louis b. mayer, metro did most of its productions in los angeles and new york city. it occasionally leased facilities in fort lee. among metro’s fort lee productions were: the eternal question, with olga petrova, (1916); the divorceé, with ethel barrymore (1919); what people will say? , directed by alice guy blache (1915) .
jesús cortés: 2010 world poll – best older films. seen for the first time in 2010. the wonderful, the very good ones and finally a bunch of very interesting films
alice guy blache qualifies not only as one of the first women to direct movies, but one of the first business women in the industry as well. when the blaches were not using their studio, they would lease it to other production companies, and the facilities continued to be used under the solax name even when they were leased to companies such as goldwyn. the blaches continued to work in this pattern until late in the ’teens, when dissolution of their marriage ended their partnership .
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the female of the species (1912) - mary pickford - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
little nemo (1911) aka winsor mccay, the famous cartoonist of the n. y. herald and his moving comics
representative films: abernathy kids to the rescue (1910); the cowboy and the squaw (1910); days of the early west (1911); camille (1912). champion performers included gertrude shipman, irving cummings, and evelyn frances .
donald crisp is a policeman and lionel barrymore is one of the thieves which makes the film a little cooler for film buffs .
thieves try to steal the contents of a safe from an elderly man. in order to coerce him into opening the safe, they threaten the life of a little girl who lives in his building .
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the plaster cast was made by signor tombola in about 1884. plaster casts were especially sought after during the 19th century, when reproductions of great works of sculpture and architecture were thought crucial for the training of artists. a separating substance was applied to the surface of the work to be reproduced, and a plaster mould made from that. the mould would then be used to make any number of additional plaster copies. these were often sold to artists, and later in the century to art colleges for study purposes .
a number of well - known movie personalities formed their own production companies; sometimes they were closely aligned to larger film companies. clara kimball young’s two companies were equitable and clara kimball young film corporation, which were related to world pictures and selznick. silent film actress and broadway star gail kane formed her own production company. among the largest of these independents were maurice tourneur productions; jans pictures, inc. , leonce perret pictures, inc. ; albert capellani productions; emile chautard productions; and hope hampton productions (founded by her husband, jules brulatour). many of these companies were formed at the time the larger companies were leaving new jersey for hollywood .
other artcraft productions in fort lee were: wild and wooly (with douglas fairbanks), 1917; barbary sheep (tourneur and elsie ferguson), 1917; and the man from painted post (douglas fairbanks), 1917. during 1918 and 1919, new jersey facilities were also used for productions of famous players, artcraft’s parent company. maurice tourneur made the bluebird (1918) and prunella (1918) for famous players. other famous players productions made in fort lee included: when the boys come home (directed by john emerson, written by emerson and anita loos), 1918; the test of honor (with john barrymore), 1918; mrs. woggs of the cabbage patch (with marguerite clark), 1919; billeted (with billie burke), 1919; and black is white (with dorothy dalton), 1919 .
the wonderful wizard of oz
( 1910) earliest surviving oz film .
the adventures of billy (1911) - - biograph, d. w. griffith
the scarecrow (1920) - buster keaton & sybil seely - edward f. cline
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representative films: dublin dan (1912); rogues of paris (1913); shadows of the moulin rouge (1914); the pit and the pendulum (1916). solax performer included olga petrova, ethel barrymore, john barrymore, and alla nazimova .
the sunbeam (1912) - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
biograph company production; distributed by the general film company, incorporated. / scenario by george hennessy. cinematography by g. w. bitzer. / released 20 november 1911. / standard 35mm spherical format. / the film was rereleased in the usa on 17 january 1916 .
the surviving components of the original altar are: preserved on the altar in the basilica di sant' antonio: 1. seven bronze figures in the round, comprising, the virgin and child enthroned, st francis (v & a cast no. 1899 - 56), st anthony of padua, st louis of toulouse, st daniel, st justina, st prosdocimus. 2. four bronze reliefs depicting miracles performed by st anthony of padua (v & a cast nos. 1884 - 325 to 328). 3. four bronze reliefs containing symbols of the evangelists. 4. twelve bronze reliefs of angels (v & a cast nos. 1870 - 18 and 18 a - k). 5. a bronze relief of the dead christ lamented by two angels (v & a cast no. 1884 - 329). 6. a limestone relief depicting the entombment. 7. a bronze relief of the dead christ with seven angels, by an unidentified venetian sculptor (v & a cast no 1884 - 330) .
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the mender of nets (1912) - - d. w. griffith, mary pickford, mabel normand
the violin maker of cremona
( 1909) director d. w. griffith, cinematographer billy bitzer
the painted lady (1912) - blanche sweet - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
the unchanging sea (1910) - mary pickford - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
fortunately, a vagrant sees little kathy hanging out the window and convinces a skeptical police force to rescue her .
the product of éclair consisted mostly of short films but, as feature productions became more prominent, disappeared from the universal studios program. representative films: hands across the sea (1911, 1st release); robin hood (1912); soul to soul (1913); the jester (1914). starring in éclair productions were british actress barbara tenant, fred truesdell, swedish actor oscar a. c. lund, muriel ostrich, and john adolfi .
one is business, the other crime (1912) - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
the new york hat (1912) - mary pickford, lionel barrymore, lillian gish - d. w. griffith
the adventures of dollie (1908) - 1st d. w. griffith movie (his first film as director )
representative films: war brides (1916); the easiest way (1917); the claw (1918); getting mary married (1919); the flapper (1920). representative players include clara kimball young, jack holt, owen moore, richard barthelmess, hedda hopper, matt moore, alice brady, marion davies, and norma talmadge .
the usurer (1910) - george nichols & mack sennett - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
the musketeers of pig alley (1912) - 1st gangster movie - lillian gish | d. w. griffith | anita loos
the house of darkness (1913) - lionel barrymore & lillian gish - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
representative films: polly of the circus (1917); tillie the scrubwoman (1917); thirty a week (1918). featured players included mae marsh, mabel normand, pauline frederick, madge kennedy, tallulah bankhead, marie dressler, will rogers, and e. k. lincoln. featured directors included raoul walsh, ralph ince, and frank loyd .
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selznick merged with adolph zukor, president of famous players pictures, in 1917. the company name was changed to select pictures. selznick organized a new selznick film company. he acquired enough capital to buy out zukor and merged the two companies into selznick - select. he then bought control of world pictures’ film exchanges, renaming them republic distributing corporation. he began a shift of operations to california, although selznick films continued to be made in new jersey well into 1920 .
references: film credits, film viewing: barry - griffith p. 43; everson - american p. 46; lahue - kops pp. 45 - 46; spehr - american p. 3: website - imdb .
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friends (1912) - mary pickford - d. w. griffith | g. w. bitzer
wilful peggy
( 1910) director d. w. griffith, cinematographer billy bitzer
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( b. 1475, pieve di cadore, d. ca. 1560, pieve di cadore )
artist: antonio lombardo (italian, venice ca. 1458–1516 venice) date: 1501 medium: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash dimensions: sheet: 9 3 / 4 x 15 1 / 2 in. (24. 8 x 39. 3 cm) classification: drawings credit line: purchase, charles and jessie price gift, 2012 accession number: 2012. 50
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a decent story that reminded me of a frank capra film. and yes i know this came first .
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the miser 's heart is a 1911 american short silent drama film directed by d. w. griffith and starring blanche sweet . the film was shot in fort lee , new jersey where early film studios in america 's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century . a print of the film survives . 
the miser's heart is a 1911 american short silent drama film directed by d. w. griffith and starring blanche sweet. the film was shot in fort lee, new jersey where early film studios in america's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. a print of the film survives.
the miser's heart is a 1911 american short silent drama film directed by d. w. griffith and starring blanche sweet. the film was shot in fort lee, new jersey where early film studios in america's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. a print of the film survives.