The Evolution of Narrative Film

Edwin S. Porter (1870-1941)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

The Life of an American Fireman (1902)

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The Life of an American Fireman

Burning of Durland's Riding Academy (1902)

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The Great Train Robbery (1903)

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Cecil Hepworth (1874-1953)

Rescued by Rover (1904) -- view movie

Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914)

D. W. Griffith (1875-1948)

Variation of framing -- e.g., close-ups show details

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Iris

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Intertitles

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Editing for dramatic effect -- e.g., parallel editing (aka, cross-cutting)

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The Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 1915)
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The Lonedale Operator (Griffith, 1911; a Biograph short)
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Lonedale Operator close-up

The Artist (Hazanavicius, 2011)

Iris Out/In

Intertitles

1920s: The Golden Era of Silent Film

The Mark of Zorro (Niblo, 1920)
at Sidney Lust's Leader Theater in Washington, D.C.
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Additional LoC Images of the Leader Theater

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