DW GRIFFITH THE BATTLE OF ELDERBUSH GULCH 1913 RE-RELEASE

The Battle of Elderbush Gulch 1913 cast: Mae Marsh Charles Hill Mailes Dell Henderson Blanche Sweet Walter Miller Alfred Paget Henry Walthall Elmer Booth Lionel Barrymore Robert Harron Lillian Gish Kate Bruce Harry Carey D.W. Griffith - Screenwriter Billy Bitzer - Cinematographer

Summary: Lillian Gish is the star of this drama, about a blockhouse under siege by marauding Indians, until the cavalry arrives at the nick of time. Griffith believed this to be the best film he had done up to that time, and it was one of his most popular two-reelers, as well as one that pointed the way towards the large spic productions like The Birth of a Nation, that would follow.
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DW GRIFFITH AT BIOGRAPH BY IRA H. GALLEN
What soon ends Griffith's association with the Biograph Company will be the events surrounding the production of three films: THE BATTLE OF ELDERBUSH GULCH, THE MOTHERING HEART and JUDITH OF BETHULIA. All three are being made at the same time, each one was different and highly involved in scope and production value. They're made with the same cunning he used in his other battles with the front office.

The question on the audiences lips was now reaching across all class boundaries; the D.W. Griffith method riveted them in their seats or had them sitting up on the edge of the seats, awaiting the outcome. Moving picture audiences were now coming to feel as well as see the stories on the nickelodeon or movie parlor screens in front of them. Griffith's acting company would soon be operating in such a fashion as to be completely independent of any one actress or actor. Each category of character was staffed in depth by Griffith.

He had the practice of alternating casts which kept any one player from becoming too important. This kept them from knowing their importance with the public for a period of better than three years. In this fashion, salaries were kept quite low.

Moving pictures were still produced in a highly improvised manner. Griffith would never be found using a shooting script of any sort which outlined the action. The synopsis was carried in his head. If one scenic background that was called for in the story was unavailable, he changed the background and altered the story to fit. Production problems as well as the continuity of the story that was being shot were also kept in Griffith's head.

What makes it all work was that those who stayed on to learn and work with Griffith soon became a permanent part of his stock company and assisted him in his decisions as well as in carrying out his orders. Whenever an actor or actress was not actually appearing in a story, they might be seen in the background, working on a Griffith errand or carrying a prop.

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[tarq13]

LIKE this if you had to watch this for McMaster University

[ABOMBS21]

@tarq13 Did you have to watch a short called 'The Shirt' too?

[Officiate1]

though humans will change, puppies will remain cute lil tailwaggers forever

[sanafatani]

@ABOMBS21 fml

[sanafatani]

@tarq13 hahahah



[amymarx]

At around 8:09 is that superimposition or is it just damage to the stock?

[annawindyshwind]

This is so racist

[Sccrplyrmatt]

what would be the explicit meaning of this film?

[06ladi]

its 1914,not 1913

[mundi420]

@chemistrythisis Me too. What's the deal?