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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

The beginning of a master

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In the span of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith delivered some 450 films for the Biograph Company at a rate of two or three films per week. One and two reels in length, these works showed the filmmaker inventing, borrowing, and perfecting techniques he later used to memorable effect in "The Birth of a Nation," "Intolerance," "Way Down East" and "Orphans of the Storm." Including Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Walthall, and Mae Marsh. Among the 22 titles included on this landmark release are such widely recognized masterworks as "The Musketeers of Pig Alley," "The Battle at Elderbush Gulch," "The New York Hat," and "A Corner in Wheat."

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

334 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

10 September 2002

Country

United States of America

Cast

Elmer Booth

Elmer Booth

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Clara T. Bracy

Clara T. Bracy

Walter Miller

Walter Miller

Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

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