The Lonely Villa
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The Lonely Villa is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, known as an early example of cross-cutting suspense in American cinema.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lonely Villa canonical | 2 |
| A Serenade at the Villa | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent short film ⓘ |
| basedOn | stage melodrama conventions of the period ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | D. W. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Biograph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early silent era ⓘ |
| filmColor | black and white ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Anita Hendrie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ Florence Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ George Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry B. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
cross-cutting
ⓘ
parallel editing ⓘ suspense editing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of parallel editing in American cinema
ⓘ
early use of cross-cutting to build suspense ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| partOf | early films of D. W. Griffith at Biograph ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Burglars invade a family’s isolated home while the father races back to save his wife and daughters, depicted through cross-cutting between locations. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Biograph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1909-06-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 8–12 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | a remote family home threatened by burglars ⓘ |
| starred |
Anita Hendrie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ Florence Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ George Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry B. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Pickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Serenade at the Villa