The Musketeers of Pig Alley
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 American silent short film often cited as one of the first gangster movies, directed by pioneering filmmaker D. W. Griffith.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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gangster film → short film → silent film → |
| basedOn |
original screenplay
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| cinematographyBy |
G. W. Bitzer
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| director |
D. W. Griffith
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| distributor |
General Film Company
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| era |
silent era
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| featuresCharacterType |
gangster
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street musician → young wife → |
| filmFormat |
black-and-white
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| filmingLocation |
New York City
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| filmingTechnique |
cross-cutting
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location shooting → tracking shots → |
| genre |
crime film
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gangster film → |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage |
English
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| hasTheme |
gang rivalry
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protection of the innocent → urban crime → |
| includedIn |
United States National Film Registry
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| notableFor |
being one of the earliest gangster films
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early use of complex editing in crime narrative → early use of location shooting → influencing later gangster genre conventions → |
| originalLanguage |
Silent film with English intertitles
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| partOf |
early American cinema
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| preservationStatus |
preserved
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| producer |
Biograph Company
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| productionCompany |
Biograph Company
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| releaseDate |
October 31, 1912
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| releaseYear |
1912
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| runtime |
approximately 17 minutes
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| setting |
New York City
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urban slum → |
| starred |
Alfred Paget
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Clara T. Bracy → Elmer Booth → Harry Carey → Kate Bruce → Lillian Gish → Lionel Barrymore → Walter Miller → |
| writer |
D. W. Griffith
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Biograph Company
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D. W. Griffith → |
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