| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 362 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Griffith masterworks |
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Griffith masterworks.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Summary |
"The selection of motion pictures featured in this disc set traces D.W. Griffith's rapid development as a filmmaker during his five years stint at the Biograph Company"--Container. |
| Contents |
Disc one: Those awful hats, 1909 (3 min.) -- The sealed room, 1909 (11 min.) -- Corner in wheat, 1909 (14 min.) -- The unchanging sea, 1910. (13 min.) -- His trust, 1911 (14 min.) -- The New York hat, 1912 (16 min.) -- An unseen enemy, 1912 (15 min.) -- The mothering heart, 1913 (23 min.) -- Bonus shorts: The adventures of Dollie, 1908 (12 min.) -- The usurer, 1910 (18 min.) -- Enoch Arden, 1911 (33 min.) -- The miser's heart, 1911 (16 min.). |
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Disc two: The musketeers of Pig Alley, 1912 (18 min.) -- The burglar's dilemma, 1912 (15 min.) -- The sunbeam, 1912 (15 min.) -- The painted lady, 1912 (12 min.) -- One is business, the other crime, 1912 (15 min.) -- Death's marathon, 1913 (15 min.) -- The battle at Elderbush Gulch, 1913 (29 min.) -- Bonus shorts: The last drop of water, 1911 (13 min.) -- Friends, 1912 (13 min.) -- The lesser evil, 1912 (13 min.) -- The massacre, 1912 (30 min.). |
| Credits |
Produced for video by David Shepard; new musical settings compiled and arranged by Robert Israel ; performed by the Biograph Quartet; supplemental shorts produced by Bret Wood; supplemental music by Jon C. Mirsalis. |
| Performer |
Cast: Mack Sennett, Arthur Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Marion Leonard, Charles Inslee, George Gebhardt, Flora Finch, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Mae Marsh, Edwin August, Dorothy Bernard, Blanche Sweet. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Social problems -- Drama.
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Silent films.
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Short films.
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Experimental films.
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| Added Author |
Shepard, David.
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Biograph Company.
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| Note |
Title on container: Griffith masterworks : twenty-three complete films |
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Title on container: Biograph shorts : a collection of early works by the cinema's most influential pioneer |
| Standard No. |
738329026820 |
| Music No. |
K268 Kino on Video |
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