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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Biograph Company, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, Shepard, David
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York : Kino on Video, [2002]
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.
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.