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."

Cast

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

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What is "D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913" about?

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."

When was "D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913" released?

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 was released in 2002.

Who stars in "D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913"?

The cast includes Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller.