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

Synopsis

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."

Main Cast

Elmer Booth

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lillian Gish

Age : 99 | Popularity : 8%

Clara T. Bracy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Walter Miller

Age : 48 | Popularity : 3%

Alfred Paget

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mary Pickford

Age : 87 | Popularity : 6%

Mack Sennett

Age : 80 | Popularity : 14%

Lionel Barrymore

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Anita Loos D.W. Griffith Edward Acker
	Short Story	Edgar Allan Poe
Department	Role	Name

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