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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)

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."

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  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Elmer BoothElmer Booth
  • Photo of Lillian GishLillian Gish
  • Photo of Clara T. BracyClara T. Bracy
  • Photo of Walter MillerWalter Miller
  • Photo of Alfred PagetAlfred Paget
  • Photo of Mary PickfordMary Pickford
  • Photo of Mack SennettMack Sennett
  • Photo of Lionel BarrymoreLionel Barrymore

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