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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

Title
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch [motion picture] / Biograph.
Publication
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1913.

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Additional Authors
  • Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
  • Biograph Company.
Description
1 film reel (28 min.) : si. b&w.; 16 mm.
Summary
Presents one of Griffith's early films about two girls who go to live with their uncle on the wild western frontier. Shows a battle with enraged Indians and the victory of the small pioneer settlement. The fast pace and dynamic editing shot on-location make it one of Griffith's best short western films.
Subject
  • Silent films
  • Western films
Credits (note)
  • Director and screenplay, D.W. Griffith; photography, Billy Bitzer.
Performer (note)
  • Mae Marsh, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, W. Chrystie Miller, Henry B. Walthall.
LCCN
73702465
Title
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch [motion picture] / Biograph.
Imprint
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1913.
Cast
Mae Marsh, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, W. Chrystie Miller, Henry B. Walthall.
Credits
Director and screenplay, D.W. Griffith; photography, Billy Bitzer.
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Added Author
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, film director.
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, screenwriter.
Biograph Company.
Branch Call Number
M16 2686 B
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