The Lonely Villa (1909) D. W. Griffith

The Lonely Villa is a thriller film directed by • David Wark Griffith
written by Mack Sennett and based on the play Au telephone by André de Lorde . It movie was produced by Biograph Company and released the 10th of June 1909.
In this film, Griffith makes masterful use of "intercutting". This technique is intended to express the contemporaneity between two or more actions and consists in building a sequence by alternating the scenes that compose it according to the scheme: A1, B1, A2, B2… etc. In this film, Griffith alternates not two but three different scenes: the women barricaded in the house (7:52), the thieves who try to enter (8:29), the father who runs to rescue them (9:52). Griffith passes from one scene to the other, creating a fast-paced rhythm that drags the viewer into a progressive whirlwind of suspense.
The intercutting technique of editing became common amongst American directors only from 1912.
Starring
Anthony O'Sullivan as A Burglar (0:12)
Herbert Prior as A Burglar (0:12)
Owen Moore - A Burglar (0:12)
David Miles as Robert Cullison (0:40)
Marion Leonard as Mrs. Robert Cullison (0:40)
Mary Pickford as the eldest Cullison daughter (0:40)
Gladys Egan as the youngest Cullison daughter (0:40)
Adele DeGarde as the second eldest Cullison daughter (0:40)
Mack Sennett as the Butler (0:44) and a Policeman
Anita Hendrie as the Maid (0:46)
Charles Avery guest at the Inn
John R. Cumpson as At the Inn
Arthur V. Johnson as At the Inn
Violet Mersereau as At the Inn
Directed by David Wark Griffith
Written by Mack Sennet and André de Lorde
Cinematography by Billy Bitzer and Arthr Marvin
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[@janedoe5229]

Watching old movies is like looking back in time: the fashions, the furniture, etc.

[@DMBall]

It's a relief these days to watch a film in which the camera isn't jumping around all over the place, just letting the actors tell a story.

[@oof.9827]

watch wes anderson movies then

[@janedoe5229]

I agree. I find that constant cuts are very distracting, It's really terrible when filming concerts.

[@hotelzeta24]

Me when I know nothing about filmmaking:

[@iconaus]

Well, I know... today this film seems ridicoulus but it was very innovative the way Griffith used intercutting in this film, that's why I uploaded it

[@vincenzogael5483]

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[@alvarohendrix5149]

@Vincenzo Gael Yup, been watching on flixzone for since december myself =)

[@Kish79able]

Thanks for uploading. This is so much ahead 9f it's time. Griffith was a genius, no doubt.

[@aDogNamedHandsome]

I guess it’s official: I’m ridiculous. I found it suspenseful and frightening and was relieved by the rescue.

[@longstarbobandy]

No thank you for uploading any of these cuz myself I wouldn’t have anywhere to find, so much love ❤

[@MrEjidorie]

Though there are no subtitles, I could follow the story, and I watched this movie from the beginning to the end with excitement.

[@theresaholguin699]

D. W. Griffin was a genius. This is a great short film. I saw it years ago

[@pascalgallez1126]

You saw it in 1909, more precisely.

[@princesskayla1400]

You are lucky that you got to see this at the movies for 5 cents from your childhood.

[@frankmorlock9134]

This is really an amazing film for 1909, and the story telling technique simply with pictures alone is way ahead of contemporaries.

[@user-ok7eg5ii6v]

Thanks God, there are so many strong doors in the house😄

[@RealPreCinema]

Mary Pickford, Gladys Egan and Adele DeGarde played the children. Mary is the eldest. Egan and DeGarde both had respectable silent era careers.

[@iconaus]

thank you for this comment

[@aDogNamedHandsome]

Excellent. Thanks for posting. Aside from the drama, I love looking at the clothes, the cars, the woodwork, etc. I looked up the actress who played the mother and see she was one of the first ‘Biograph Girls’.

[@iconaus]

you're welcome

[@RRaquello]

In the scenes in the room with the telephone, they keep getting the side of the set in the picture frame.You can see what looks like a 1x6 propping up the wall. A about 1:57 you can see Mary Pickford pass through the door to outside the set, then the cut is to a different set. According to the IMDB website, that road you see trailing away at 9:58 is where the New Jersey exit from the George Washington Bridge is now located, which means the Hudson River is just beyond the trees. At the end, when the crooks are trying to break into the room, jeez, Mom, get the kids out the window. There's that big wrap-around porch they could escape to.

[@BobHenderson-dr2wy]

I bet with the film grain they used you could convert this to 4k easily... analogue tek amazes me even today

[@AScreenwritersJourney]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@ojacobsen3727]

Amazing. Even then Griffith knew not to show the husband arriving at the house in the nick of time, but to create a surprise of him arriving in the same scene where the robbers break in. This is still how they do in every sequence of this kind today. It's still very exciting even without closeups and coverage and screenwriterly tricks. Completely carried by the anticipation created in the editing and believable performances. Also very instructive about editing: it's so much less about how long the clips are than parsing out information in the correct order - if that's done fundamentally right, then the film will work.

[@Terestrasz]

I'm finding myself making up my own dialogue for it... and turning it into a joke while keeping it true to the story. And making one of the girls have a strange obsession with chairs. 0:40 You know we do need to have more chairs in this room. "Be glad for what you have young lady." "We're going out to the Silly Hat Show. I'm sure we'll win this year. *points to his wife's hat* "Good luck at the silly hat show!" 0:58 Them and their fixation on chairs... *kiss* that first place trophy for silliest hat in the show will be ours for sure! 1:22 I love what you did with the wire trellis. "It's one of my best works, honey." 1:39 Yes this is the right address. 1:53 Maybe it's a chair salesman! We need more chairs in here! 5:31 Mommy what is that noise? "oh honey it's just your imagination." "No, they're not Chair salesmen!" 5:42 There it is again! "No mommy I heard it too." 6:42 AHA we knocked the door down! We're inside! 6:44 "Quick get everything against the door! "This would be easier if we had more chairs in here." NOT NOW HONEY! 7:05 "Oh no Victorian Fainting Disease is coming up on me..." NO MOM FOCUS 8:29 WHAT IS THIS DOOR MADE OUT OF?!? OH CRAP! They're on the phone! Cut the cord! ...I DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD STOP! 9:05 I got a gun! I got a gun! But I'm so afraid to use it! Mommy might shoot the chair! 9:21 You know I probably could have done this first. 9:53 Forget the car! We gotta get home fast! Come with me! To the conveniently placed tents! 10:39 QUICK! INTO THE CLOSET! "BLAST IT! ANOTHER DOOR! 10:53 What are these doors made out of?!? Iron?! 10:58 See I told you that room needed more chairs! not now daughter!

[@MrFerperro]

Underrated comment!

[@luisllorens70]

This isn't really about the film is it?

[@pascalgallez1126]

@@luisllorens70 Who knows...

[@mirheeheeam6780]

HAHAHHAHAA

[@wserthmar8908]

Thanks for making me laugh! Quite creative

[@emilys3458]

Simply wonderful!!

[@blackhorse2947]

Ich bin begeistert, jawohl

[@gypsylily2949]

That was quite exciting!!!!

[@D4RkFen0m]

Spectacular

[@user-th5iw5fz5q]

D W Griffith était un génie.

[@Moosetta]

Blows my mind that 7 years after this Griffith was making "Intolerance"

[@rosangelacanelones5776]

like por la calidad del vidio hd siempre wea

[@sueellen516]

11:27

[@tonichappell7596]

In just 9 short years from this movie Mary would co-found United Artists studios!!

[@sueellen516]

7:05

[@iconaus]

thank you

[@popcornenglishonline9548]

Historical

[@clokwerk]

This man really check his phone at 1:39

[@princesskayla1400]

OMGGGG you are right

[@omerbrooklyn8716]

It's spooky to see something from 110 years ago roughly

[@FelipeKariri]

imagine someone watching it in 2500

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

Was this film released in 1789?

[@javideas]

This maybe influenced Lois Weber’s “Suspense” (1913). Interesting

[@A.Valladares]

I see someone married a score to the magnificent Library of Congress copy of this film! Great! However, I think the LoC digitized it at too low a speed. I like to play this at time and half speed to my class to emphasize the thrill of intercutting.

[@hasanificated]

The first ever home invasion movie?

[@indiegrl90]

This was the most poor planning of a break in ever lol

[@janedoe5229]

The mom looks like Bernadette Peters. (I know it's not her, but she LOOKS like her.)

[@princesskayla1400]

I didn’t know they had telephones in 1909 o.o

[@iconaus]

The telephone was invented by the italian inventor Antonio Meucci in 1875 and patented in 1876 by Bell /who stoled Meucci's patent)

[@AdeleiTeillana]

😂

[@foxesofautumn]

I never got the feeling Griffith made films to entertain but to make people worry for womens’ virtue. That or this is an early commercial for the telephone.

[@plunkadelicdaydream]

Not directly to your point, but you can see a long-distance phone sign in this scene: 7:29 They use to be more common.

[@masitasenpai]

NO LE ENTENDI DISCULPA

[@sueellen516]

Was this video filmed released in 1789?

[@dan-mb2ne]

How would that be possible ?

[@searchthewind99]

It was released in 1789 B.C.E.

[@polarzart]

we raga dell'orientale

[@messer_sverio2]

orientale GANG

[@kellyrenner3365]

Was this video filmed in 1789?

[@searchthewind99]

1789 B.C.E.

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

10:18

[@debbutcher9087]

It’s funny that these American Biograph films always used the AB symbol on the wall of every film they made. What’s funny is that the AB symbol is not only on the wall at the home, but in the hotel lobby.

[@aDogNamedHandsome]

They did that to prevent other film companies from stealing their films and presenting them as their own. AB prominently placed in crucial scenes that could not be cut.

[@debbutcher9087]

@@aDogNamedHandsome , OK, that makes sense. Thanks

[@annarossi623]

è il film completo?

[@iconaus]

Si

[@adriangarcia543]

What movie about?

[@Terestrasz]

A home invasion.

[@junshengvlog70]

This film is 114 years old. Albert einstein is older than this film! But Albert is dead so....Thats impressive that albert is older than this film.

[@GreatGrandfather9054]

114

[@danyzz]

Que ladrones más lentos. asi les pasa que les pillan

[@jonbiles5404]

Do y’all really know your grandfather???

[@user-ec4mm4np8b]

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@Mayad_0]

what has been started from here 12:06

[@dario1998]

une chiene andalou - bunuel

[@Mayad_0]

@@dario1998 thank you

[@williamyskamp110]

,😂

[@larryaldrich4351]

Better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it.

[@iconaus]

It would be better if no one had a weapon

[@ogaboga7451]

Griffith loves the genre of white women in peril.

[@dario1998]

definitely

[@user-vx3zt4us5x]

CovidImages need to be invested more than half19

[@dario1998]

film in italiano only english comments? com'è?

[@iconaus]

è sottotitolato, tu lo vedi in italiano, gli altri in inglese

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

7:41

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

11:27

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

10:18

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

7:05

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

7:05

[@user-xh5dw4qy6q]

10:16