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Golden Age of Silent Film

• David Wark Griffith (1875-1948)

  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) earned $14 million on an investment of $110,000. Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919).

• MackSennett (1880-1960)

  • Built Keystone Studios in 1913 - Mabel Normand, Fatty Arbuckle, Ben Turpin

• Thomas Ince (1882-1924)

  • Developed studio system: “Produce Exactly as Written”

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