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D.W. Griffith, Director
Volume 1
(1908-1909)

Contents: The Adventures of Dollie (1908), A Calamitous Elopement (1908), Balked at the Altar (1908), Betrayed by a Handprint (1908), Father Gets in the Game (1908), The Romance of a Jewess (1908), Song of the Shirt (1908), Money Mad (1908), Those Awful Hats (1909), The Cord of Life (1909) and The Curtain Pole (1909).

2003 Grapevine Video edition

D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 1 (1908-1909),
black & white, 102 minutes total, not rated,
including The Adventures of Dollie (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Calamitous Elopement (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Balked at the Altar (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Betrayed by a Handprint (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Father Gets in the Game (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Romance of a Jewess (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Song of the Shirt (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Money Mad (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Those Awful Hats (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Cord of Life (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and The Curtain Pole (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono? sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95 (reduced to $14.95).
DVD release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA

We are certain that this compilation has been mastered from 16mm reduction print materials, and likely features a canned music score to accompany the films.

 

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R is available directly from Grapevine Video.

Other D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.

Collections and boxsets that contain silent era SHORT DRAMA films.

 
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