“THE MASTER” AND HIS MINIONS

• Published in: Lady in the Dark p. 269
• Main Author: Sitton, Robert
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Columbia University Press 01.04.2014
• Subjects: American films; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Art criticism; Art exhibitions; Art genres and movements; Art history; Art museums; Art periods; Art theory; Arts; Arts participation; Audiovisual libraries; Behavioral sciences; Business; Communications; Cultural anthropology; Cultural industries; Cultural institutions; Cultural studies; D. W. Griffith; Documentary films; Entertainment; Entertainment industries; Exhibitions; Film criticism; Film libraries; Film Library; Film studies; filmmakers; foreign films; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Industrial sectors; Industry; Leisure studies; Libraries; Mass communication; Memoirs; Modern art; Modernist art; Motion picture industry; Movies; Museum exhibits; Museum of Modern Art; Museums; Propaganda; Recreation; retrospective; Social sciences; Special libraries
• ISBN: 9780231165785; 0231165781
• DOI: 10.7312/columbia/9780231165785.003.0025

Wyndham lewis was only one of the difficult men Iris had to contend with in the early forties. Also at this time came a trying episode with D. W. Griffith, one of the filmmakers she most admired and for whose reputation she would do inestimable good. Griffith had riled the film world with hisBirth of a Nationin 1915, a magnificent cinematic achievement that was morally and politically repugnant. Drawing upon folklore about the Civil War passed on to him by his Confederate veteran father, Jacob Griffith, known as “Roaring Jake” for his ability to be heard above the