Orphans of the storm : an epic film of the French Revolution / produced and directed by D.W. Griffith.

For this historical spectacle, Griffith set the events of the old melodrama The Two Orphans in the French Revolution. Two orphans are separated by events and hurled into the frenzy of the revolutionary mobs in the streets of Paris. They are reunited only after one of them has been rescued from the g...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Blackhawk Films collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Image Entertainment (Firm)
Blackhawk Films
Other Authors: Schildkraut, Joseph, 1895-1964
Gish, Dorothy
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
Shepard, David
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
Ennery, Adolphe d', 1811-1899
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent, with added orchestral score.
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, ©1998, 1921.
Series:Blackhawk Films collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Orphans > Drama.
Silent films.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Drama.
Drama.
History.
1789 - 1799
Orphans.
France.
Genre:
Drama.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (150 min.) : silent, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
David Wark Griffith presents Orphans of the storm.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
For this historical spectacle, Griffith set the events of the old melodrama The Two Orphans in the French Revolution. Two orphans are separated by events and hurled into the frenzy of the revolutionary mobs in the streets of Paris. They are reunited only after one of them has been rescued from the guillotine in the typical Griffith last-minute race. The first half is crammed with a murder, kidnappings, orgies, duels, last-minute escapes, and the famous scene in which Lillian Gish hears her adopted blind sister singing as a beggar in the streets, but cannot reach her. The second half shows the Revolution itself, the masses surging into streets and squares, and Lillian Gish caught up by them against her will. In several shots the top and bottom of the screen are masked.
Note:Accompanied by: Program notes and Chapter index in English continued on inside panel ([2] pages).
Color tinted.
Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1921.
Subtitle from container.
Adapted from The two orphans, by A. D'Ennery.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF6 D0005830 VideoDVD
Credits:Credits: Cinematographers, Hendrik Sartov, Paul Allen, G.W. Bitzer ; music composed and compiled by Louis F. Gottschalk and William Frederick Peters ; music arranged and performed by Brian Benison ; DVD edition producer, David Shepard.
System Details:DVD, Dolby digital; digitally mastered adn tinted at the visually correct speed.
Cast:
Cast: Lillian Gish ; Dorothy Gish ; Josef Schildkraut.