Films/D.W. Griffith: The Biograph Shorts (1909-1913)

D.W. Griffith: The Biograph Shorts
directed by D.W. Griffith
introduced by Griffith scholar Joyce E. Jesionowskiwith
live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip Carli

1909-1913, b&w/tinted, approximate running time 1 hr 30 min, USA

Monday, September 17, 7:00

During Griffith's five years with the Biograph film company, when he made close to 500 short films between 1908 to 1913, he developed the filmmaking skills he would later use to make some of the most important films in the history of cinema. This program includes some of the most well-known films from this period, including Corner in Wheat (1909), The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) and The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913), and will be introduced by Griffith scholar Joyce Joyce E. Jesionowski, author of Thinking in Pictures: Dramatic Structure in D. W. Griffith's Biograph Films (1989)