D.W. Griffith's Biograph shorts /
The two-disc set compiles one and two reel films directed by Griffith during his six-year position with the American Biograph Company, 1908-1913. Having made over 450 shorts before leaving Biograph to make feature films, these works showcase Griffith's early steps towards developing a cinematic...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kino on Video,
[2002]
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
| Series: | Griffith masterworks.
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| Summary: | The two-disc set compiles one and two reel films directed by Griffith during his six-year position with the American Biograph Company, 1908-1913. Having made over 450 shorts before leaving Biograph to make feature films, these works showcase Griffith's early steps towards developing a cinematic language for narrative cinema. |
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| Item Description: | Some sequences color-tinted. "Special contents of this edition c1992 Film Preservation Associates, and c2002 Kino International Corp." Videodisc release of short films made from 1909 through 1913. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 362 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Audience: | HIST. |
| Production Credits: | Produced for video by David Shepard ; new musical settings compiled and arranged by Robert Israel ; performed by the Biograph Quartet ; supplemental shorts produced by Bret Wood ; supplemental music by Jon C. Mirsalis. |