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 DW 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. www.YouTube.com www.YouTube.com www.YouTube.com www.YouTube.com www.Youtube.com www.TVDAYS.com (400 DVD TITLES FOR SALE) 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 M! OTHERING 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 DW 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 ...
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