Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Foreword IX
5. EARLY CAREER WITH SHIELDS, LUBIN, AND OTHERS 1
6. THE EARLY FILM COMPANIES CRESCENT AND BISON 14
7. MAKING THE TRUE HEART OF AN INDIAN 30
8. PATENTS COMPANY TROUBLES AND THE I DECISION TO MOVE WEST 38
9. WORKING FOR EDWIN S. PORTER 43
10. FILMING IN THE WILD WEST 54
11. WITH THE PATHÉ NEWS WEEKLY 68
12. THE KEYSTONE FILM COMPANY AND RIVALRY AMONG THE COMPANIES 74
13. THE PERILS OF PAULINE 94
14. THE STERLING FILM COMPANY AND ACTOR TROUBLES 108
15. WORKING FOR GEORGE FITZMAURICE 122
16. THE YORKE FILM CORPORATION 136
17. FILMING MAE MURRAY, ELSIE FERGUSON RICHARD BARTHELMESS, AND OTHERS 143
18. FILMING IN LONDON AND ROME 161
19. WITH CECIL B. DEMILLE AND JOHN FORD 177
20. LAST FILMS BEFORE RETIREMENT 189
21. PICTORIAL APPENDIX 203
22. INDEX 211