Before, In and After Hollywood
by Joseph Henabery and Anthony Slide
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In 1914, a young midwesterner quit his railroad job to crack the Hollywood motion picture boom. Impressed by his energy and honesty in his role as Lincoln, D.W. Griffith made him his assistant for Intolerance. Griffith then made Joe a director. He swiftly progressed to a preeminent position in the industry, directing some of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1920's including Douglas Fairbanks, Fatty Arbuckle, and Rudolph Valentino.
Versatility played an important role in Joe's rich creative life inside the studios. His understanding of the mechanics of motion-picture film led him to develop and be granted a patent for teaching speech to the deaf by visualizing sound. He pioneered sound short-subjects for the Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn and later directed WWII training films for the Army Signal Corps in Astoria.
Henabery contributed, not only as a director, but also as a researcher, writer, make-up artist/actor, architect, scenic designer, and special-effects innovator. His autobiography, Before, In and After Hollywood was completed in 1975 shortly before his death. Contains 24 black and white photographs.
Press Reviews:
"It's an extraordinary feat, one that should be appreciated by students of the movies. Henabery's unpretentious manner is ingratiating and the history he imparts is unequaled." ―Rapport
"Too few first-hand accounts of the silent era exist, making this book valuable for insight into early filmmaking." ―The Silent Film Monthly
"...captivating...illustrates a cutthroat motion picture industry...one of many excellent Hollywood memoirs." ―The Silents Majority
"...offers important insights on Griffith, as well as stories about Fairbanks, Valentino, and Fatty Arbuckle." ―Curio
"For a book as important as this to surface so many years after its author's death is nothing short of a miracle. Joseph Henabery is a fascinating chronicler of a colourful era-and his analysis of the other books on the subject is worth the cost of this one." ―Kevin Brownlow
See the publisher website: Scarecrow Press
See the complete filmography of Joseph Henabery on the website: IMDB ...
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