Every week at www.gunjones.com I post a short from D.W. Griffith's Biograph company (or the American Mutoscope and Biograph company; aka "AB")
Films already shown:
NOTE. Due to at present limits of available good to better Biograph films on YouTube, "Biograph Sunday" is now indefinitely been halted (unless and until further notice.)
For stock ALTERNATIVE MUSIC that can be played with many silent films, see http://www.gunjones.com/biogr-music.html
To use, click on this link (it will open a new window) while keeping a separate page available to watch the film. Turn on the music of choice then simply return to the "film" page to watch the movie (with sound turned off on the audio there.) It's a very rough approach, I admit, yet far better than some of the sometimes very awkward and out of place soundtracks used for some of the silent film videos found on YouTube.
on the main page; on Sunday, starting no later than 8 am PST and continuing till 6 pm PST.
Films are selected more or less randomly, and such as have already been screened by us are posted on this "previously viewed" page, with pertinent YouTube links.
1. For Sunday, June 13, 2010 -- "AS IT IS IN LIFE" (1910)
2. For June 20, 2010 -- "THE VOICE OF THE VIOLIN" (1909)
3. For June 27, 2010 -- "ENOCH ARDEN" (1911)
4. For July 4, 2010 -- "IN THE BORDER STATES" (1911)
5. For July 11, 2010 -- "ONE IS BUSINESS, THE OTHER CRIME" (1913)
6. For July 18, 2010 -- "THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES" (1912)
7. For July 25, 2010 -- "AN UNSEEN ENEMY" (1912)
8. For Aug. 1, 2010 -- "KATCHEM KATE" (1912)
9. For Aug. 8, 2010 -- "HOUSE OF DARKNESS" (1912)
10. For Aug. 15, 2010 -- "THE MENDER OF NETS" (1912)
11. For Aug. 22, 2010 -- "THE TRANSFORMATION OF MIKE" (1912)
12. For Aug. 29, 2010 --
"THE LAST DROP OF WATER" (1911)
13. For Sept. 5, 2010 -- "THE MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY" (1912)
14. For Sept. 12, 2010 --
"TOMBOY BESSIE" (1912)
15. For Sept. 19, 2010 --
"THE MENDED LUTE" (1909)
16. For Sept. 25, 2010 -- "WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR OLD?" (1911)
17. For Oct. 3, 2010 --
"RAMONA" (1910)
18. For Oct. 10, 2010 -- "THE GOLDEN LOUIS" (1909)
19. For Oct. 17, 2010 -- "THE MISER'S HEART"(1911)
20. For Oct. 24, 2010 -- "AN ARCADIAN MAID" (1910)
21. For Oct. 31, 2010 -- "THE SEALED ROOM" (1909)
22. For Nov. 7, 2010 -- "ROMANCE OF A JEWESS" (1908)
23. For Nov. 14, 2010 -- "SWORDS and HEARTS" (1911)
24. For Nov. 21, 2010 -- "A GIRL AND HER TRUST" (1912)
25. For Nov. 28, 2010 -- "THE NEW YORK HAT" (1912)
26. For Dec. 5, 2010 -- "THE POLITICIAN'S LOVE STORY" (1909)
27. For Dec. 12, 2010 -- "BRUTE FORCE" (1914)
28. For Dec. 19, 2010 -- "A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT" (1912) by the Edison Co.
29. For Dec. 26, 2010 -- "THE SANDS OF THE DEE" (1912)
30. For Jan. 2, 2011 -- "WILFUL PEGGY" (1910) (in two YouTube parts)
31. For Jan. 9, 2011 -- "THE ADVENTURES OF DOLLIE" (1908)
32. For Jan. 16, 2011 -- "THE LONELY VILLA" (1909)
33. For Jan. 23, 2011 -- "THE INDIAN BROTHERS" (1911)
34. For Jan. 30, 2011 -- "THE TELEPHONE GIRL AND THE LADY" (1913)
35. For Feb. 6, 2011 -- "A CORNER IN WHEAT" (1909)
36. For Feb. 13, 2011 -- "WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED" (1912)
37. For Feb. 20, 2011 -- "THE COUNTRY DOCTOR"(1909)
38. For Feb. 27, 2011 -- "THE NIHILIST"(1905)
39. For March 6, 2011 -- "FRIENDS" (1912)
40. For March 13, 2011 -- "THE MOTHERING HEART" (1913)
41. For March 20, 2011 -- "THE REDMAN'S VIEW" (1909)
42. For March 27, 2011 -- "THE UNCHANGING SEA" (1910)
43. For April 10, 2011 -- "THROUGH DARKENING VALES" (1911)
44. For April 17, 2011 -- "THE TRAGEDY OF A DRESS SUIT" (1912)
45. For April 24, 2011 -- "SCARLET DAYS" (1919)
46. For May 1, 2011 -- "THE SUNBEAM" (1911)
47. For May 8, 2011 -- "THE LONEDALE OPERATOR" (1911) (in two YouTube parts)
48. For May 15, 2011 -- "THE RENUNCIATION" (1909)
49. For May 22, 2011 -- "THE TOURISTS" (1912)
50. For May 29, 2011 -- "THE VILLAIN FOILED" (1911)
51. For June 5, 2011 -- "HIS TRUST FULFILLED" (1911)
52. For June 12, 2011 -- "THE SWITCHTOWER" (1912)
53. For June 19, 2011 -- "BLIND LOVE" (1912)
54. For June 26, 2011 -- "THE FUGITIVE" (1910)
55. For July 3, 2011 -- "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" (1930)
56. For July 10, 2011 -- "THE MASSACRE" (1914)
57. For July 17, 2011 -- "NEIGHBORS" (1912)
58. For July 24, 2011 -- "JUDITH OF BETHULIA" (1913)
For specific credits for a given film, search under the film's title at The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Note, however, that when these shorts were originally
released, general audiences would not (as a matter of company policy) be told or informed who the players were.
Also, the Biograph films shown on YouTube do not always come from the best prints or video transfers possible; nor is the music used always terribly inspired
as a choice for accompanying the given film. Many, naturally, do not need to have this explained to them, but for the benefit of those who may not already know,
we can at least make the remark.
* Interview by Ira H. Gallen with author Arthur Lennig speaking on D.W. Griffith [YouTube]