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Griffith
Masterworks 2
(1909-1993)

Contents: Edgar Allan Poe (1909), The Avenging Conscience (1914), Way Down East (1920), Sally of the Sawdust (1925), Abraham Lincoln (1930), The Struggle (1931) and D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993).

Kino International
2008 DVD edition

Griffith Masterworks 2 (1909-1993), black & white, color-toned black & white and color, 695 minutes total, not rated, including Edgar Allan Poe (1909), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, The Avenging Conscience (1914), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated, Way Down East (1920), color-toned black & white and color-tinted black & white, 149 minutes, not rated, Sally of the Sawdust (1925), black & white, 113 minutes, not rated, Abraham Lincoln (1930), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, The Struggle (1931), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, and D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993), color and black & white, 155 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Five single-sided, single-layered and dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; five standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $89.95.
Release date: 18 November 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD boxset contains three silent D.W. Griffith feature films, including the previously unavailable The Avenging Conscience (1914), an early Biograph split-reel short, Griffith’s two sound features, and the Photoplay Productions’ three-part documentary D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993), directed by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow.

The Avenging Conscience (1914) has been mastered in high-definition from a print in the Raymond Rohauer collection, and is presented with music performed by Martin Marks. Way Down East (1920) is presented from the Museum of Modern Art restoration of the film, transferred in high-definition, with musical accompaniment by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Sally of the Sawdust (1925) has been mastered in HD and features musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin. Abraham Lincoln (1930) and The Struggle (1931) have also been remastered in high-definition.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this boxset, see our The Avenging Conscience on home video, Way Down East on home video, Sally of the Sawdust on home video and D.W. Griffith: Father of Film on home video pages.

If you prefer DVD to Blu-ray Disc, this boxset is still recommended by us.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD boxset has been discontinued
and is . . .