SILENT CLASSICSTHE D.W. GRIFFITH COLLECTION: D.W. Griffith was America’s first great filmmaker, and we’re pleased to offer these prime examples of some of his greatest work, covering the years 1912-1925. THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 1--”Musketeers of Pig Alley,” one of the first gangster films, shares this tape with the epic western “Battle of Elderbush Gulch.” THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 2--Griffith’s Civil War story “The House With Closed Shutters,” the Native American drama “The Mended Lute,” the drama “A Terrible Discovery,” and the reissued version of “The Battle of Elderbush Gulch.” THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 3--the contemporary comedy “Those Awful Hats,” the seaside drama “Fisher Folk,” and the western “A Squaw’s Love.” Plus the drug tale “For His Son.” THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 4--The mystery of “The Manicure Lady,” the Civil War story “The Battle,” the western stories “The Massacre” and “Fighting Blood.” THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 5--”The Terrible Ordeal,” a drama, grouped with the romantic story “A Blind Love” and the seashore tale “Mender of Nets,” and two additional dramas, “Winning Back His Love” and “Telephone Girl and Lady.” THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 6--”Judith of Bethulia,” Griffith’s first Biblical epic and his longest film up to this time--he shot “Judith of Bethulia” in California, against the orders of the studio management, and the result was a film that delighted critics and audiences but cost Griffith his position at the studio. THE BIOGRAPH PERIOD--VOL. 7--A group of shorter subjects from somewhat earlier in Griffith’s Biograph period: “What Drink Did,” “His Trust,” “The Switch Tower” (about the Civil War), “Saved By Their Son,” and “Through Darkened Vales.” THE FEATURES :
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