D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002-Sep-10
5h 34m
Languages
English
Genres
Comedy
Drama
The beginning of a master
Overview
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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Metropolis
1927-Feb-06
Freaks
1932-Jan-01
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-Apr-29
Wings of Desire
1987-Sep-23
The 400 Blows
1959-Jun-03
Two Lovers
1928-Mar-23
His Dog
1927-Jul-24
The Alchemistic Suitcase
2009-Jan-01
Brighton Rock
1948-Jan-09
The Aerial
2007-Apr-19
Lifeboat
1944-Jan-28

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