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1 videodisc (150 min.) : si., black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
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| Series |
Griffith masterworks |
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Griffith masterworks.
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| System Details |
DVD, full screen presentation. |
| Language |
Silent, with added musical score and English intertitles. |
| Cast |
Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Josef Schildkraut, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue, Sidney Herbert, Lucille La Verne, Sheldon Lewis, Frank Puglia, Morgan Wallace, Frank Losee, Leslie King, Catherine Emmet. |
| Credits |
Music, Louis F. Gottshalk, William Frederick Peters, Brian Benison ; photography, Hendrik Sartov, Paul Allen and G. W. Bitzer. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1921. |
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Adapted from The two orphans, by Adolphe d'Ennery. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Two girls, raised as sisters, arrive in Paris on the eve of the French revolution only to be cruelly and tragically separated. |
| Note |
Special features: Filmed introduction by Orson Wells; footeage taken at D.W. Griffith's funeral; radio eulogy for Griffith by Erich von Stroheim; portfolio of Griffith photographs; Rescued from the eagle's nest (1908), a rare film starring D.W. Griffith the actor; "The story of David Wark Griffith", a biography of Griffith published in Photoplay Magazine in 1916. |
| Contents |
[V.1] The birth of a nation -- [v.2] Intolerance -- [v.3] Broken blossoms -- [v.4] Orphans of the storm -- [v.5] Biograph shorts 1909-1913. |
| Subject |
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Drama.
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Orphans -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Silent films.
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Historical films.
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| Added Author |
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
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Gish, Dorothy.
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Schildkraut, Joseph, 1895-1964.
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Hale, Creighton, 1882-1965.
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Blue, Monte, 1887-1963.
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Herbert, Sidney, -1927.
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La Verne, Lucille, 1872-1945.
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Lewis, Sheldon, 1868-1958.
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Puglia, Frank, 1892-1975.
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Wallace, Morgan, 1881-1953.
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Losee, Frank.
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King, Leslie, 1876-1947.
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Emmet, Katherine, approximately 1882-1960.
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Gottschalk, Louis F. (Louis Ferdinand), 1864-1934.
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Peters, William Frederick, 1871-1938.
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Benison, Brian (Instrumentalist)
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Ennery, Adolphe d', 1811-1899.
Deux orphelines. English.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Note |
Title from container label: D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the storm |
| ISBN |
0738329026929 |
| Standard No. |
738329026929 |
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0738329026929 |
| Music No. |
K269 Kino on Video |
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