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

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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)

“The beginning of a master”

Comedy, Drama · 5h 34m

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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Cast

Elmer Booth Lillian Gish Clara T. Bracy Walter Miller Alfred Paget Mary Pickford Mack Sennett Lionel Barrymore

Crew

Writer
D.W. Griffith, Anita Loos, Edward Acker

Details

Release date
2002-09-10
Runtime
5h 34m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
British Mutoscope and Biograph Company