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D.W. Griffith's biograph short films / directed by D.W. Griffth.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 034 236
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States--Drama.
- Slavery.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama.
- United States.
- History.
- Southern States--Drama.
- Southern States.
- DVDs.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Action and adventure films.
- Feature films.
- History.
- Silent films.
- Short films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Silent films with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment .
- System Details:
- DVD, full screen.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- His Trust (1911): Before he is killed in battle, a Confederate soldier entrusts the care of his daughter to "old negro servany" George (played by Wilfred Lucas in blackface.). Griffith followed this with a sequel released three days later, His Trust Fullfilled.
- His Trust Fullfilled (1911): Griffith's sequel to His Trust shows kindly George sacrificing everything to make sure his former master's daughter goes to a good school and finds a husband. Despite the insensitive use of blackface, the touching story finds Griffith more empathetic to African-American characters than in The Birth of a Nation (1915).
- The Girl and her Trust (1912): The tale of a faithful telegraph girl who risks her life to stop a pair of railroad thieves.
- A Temporary Truce (1912): An Indian brave, grief-stricken over the death of his kinsmen, declares a temporary truce with the white settlers to help find the missing wife of a prospector.
- Contents:
- His trust (1911)
- His trust fullfilled (1911)
- The girl and her trust (1912)
- A temporary truce (1912).
- Participant:
- Blanche Sweet, Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell, Robert Harron.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Full screen.
- Special features: motion pictures produced by The Lubin Mfg. Co. of Philadelphia: The Bold Bank Robbery (1904), She Would Be an Actress (1909), Drunkard's Child (1909), An Unexpected Guest (1909).
- Contains:
- His trust
- His trust fullfilled
- Girl and her trust
- Temporary truce
- Bold bank robbery
- She would be an actress
- Drunkard's child
- Unexpected guest
- OCLC:
- 1201532733
- Publisher Number:
- 089218825490
- 12427495 Alpha Video
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