Russell Merritt
Biographic Data
| ID | 5515178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell Merritt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell |
| FAMILY NAME | Merritt |
| SIGNATURE | MERRITT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rescued from a Perilous Nest: D. W. Griffith's Escape from Theatre into Film
A thirst for fame and world renown, D. W. Griffith used to say, landed him on the stage. He wanted to be a great American playwright, and in 1896 joined a local acting troupe to learn better how to write. The tempter, he wrote in his autobiography, had opened [the] gates and I saw ahead, flaring, the everlasting lights of fame and glory.'1 He spent the next twelve years acting in the theatre, and to the end of his life tried to laugh it off as on…
The bashful hero in American film of the nineteen forties
The Name above the Title
Dixon, Griffith, and the Southern Legend
At about 8:30 Saturday night, April 17, 1915, the manager of Boston's luxurious Tremont theatre called for police protection. Minutes before, he had closed the box office window when a band of Negroes had come to buy seventy-five cent tickets. Now his lobby was flooded with several hundred angry protesters who had followed the original delegation through the Boston Common and down Tremont Street. Their leader, National Equal Rights League secreta…
The Name above the Title
Dixon, Griffith, and the Southern Legend
At about 8:30 Saturday night, April 17, 1915, the manager of Boston's luxurious Tremont theatre called for police protection. Minutes before, he had closed the box office window when a band of Negroes had come to buy seventy-five cent tickets. Now his lobby was flooded with several hundred angry protesters who had followed the original delegation through the Boston Common and down Tremont Street. Their leader, National Equal Rights League secreta…
The Name above the Title
Dixon, Griffith, and the Southern Legend
At about 8:30 Saturday night, April 17, 1915, the manager of Boston's luxurious Tremont theatre called for police protection. Minutes before, he had closed the box office window when a band of Negroes had come to buy seventy-five cent tickets. Now his lobby was flooded with several hundred angry protesters who had followed the original delegation through the Boston Common and down Tremont Street. Their leader, National Equal Rights League secreta…
The bashful hero in American film of the nineteen forties
Rescued from a Perilous Nest: D. W. Griffith's Escape from Theatre into Film
A thirst for fame and world renown, D. W. Griffith used to say, landed him on the stage. He wanted to be a great American playwright, and in 1896 joined a local acting troupe to learn better how to write. The tempter, he wrote in his autobiography, had opened [the] gates and I saw ahead, flaring, the everlasting lights of fame and glory.'1 He spent the next twelve years acting in the theatre, and to the end of his life tried to laugh it off as on…
Art (4 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Theater, Performance, and Music History (2 works) · American History and Culture (1 works) · American Sports and Literature (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · Educational Leadership and Practices (1 works) · Freedom of Expression and Defamation (1 works)