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

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, 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.
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 DVD home video:
America (1924)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1914)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Biograph Shorts (1909-1913)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Dream Street (1921)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 2 (1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 3 (1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 4 (1909)
D.W. Griffith, Director, Volume 5 (1909-1910)
D.W. Griffith, Years of Discovery (1909-1913)
The Idol Dancer (1920)
Intolerance (1916)
The Love Flower (1920)
Orphans of the Storm (1920)
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
True Heart Susie (1919)
Way Down East (1920)

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