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Slide, Anthony Clifford was born on November 7, 1944 in Birmingham, England. Came to the United States, 1971. Son of Frederic Clifford and Mary Florence (Eaton) 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.
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Slide, Anthony Clifford was born on November 7, 1944 in Birmingham, England. Came to the United States, 1971. Son of Frederic Clifford and Mary Florence (Eaton) Slide.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bowling Green University, 1990.
Editor, public The Silent Picture, England and United States of America, 1968-1974. Research associate American Film Institute, Beverly Hills, California, 1971-1972, associate film archivist Washington, 1972-1975. Film historian Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, 1975-1980.
Private practice Studio City, California, since 1980. Consultant Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, 1980-1986, That's Hollywood television series, 1981-1982, Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me, Public Broadcasting Service, 1988. Appraiser of memorabilia.
Expert witness Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Organized Britain's first silent film festival. Founder The Silent Picture journal., 1968-1974. Member International Dictionary Films and Filmmakers (advisory board), Sinking Creek Film Celebration (advisory board), Dorothy and Lillian Gish Film Theatre (national advisory committee).