Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on September 6, 2013

The years 1909 through 1913 are considered D. W. Griffith’s years of discovery due to the legendary director’s innovative work in silent film.  Those early works paved the way not only for the epics he would make that expanded film as a narrative art form, but also because of his...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on October 31, 2012

Directed by D.W. Griffith and written by Anita Loos, The Musketeers of Pig Alley is often cited as the first gangster film. The short was originally released on October 31, 1912 and got a re-release a few years later on November 5, 1915. While The Musketeers of Pig Alley is...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on October 31, 2012

Directed by D.W. Griffith and written by Anita Loos, The Musketeers of Pig Alley is often cited as the first gangster film. The short was originally released on October 31, 1912 and got a re-release a few years later on November 5, 1915. While The Musketeers of Pig Alley is...   read more