G.w. Bitzer - Turner Classic Movies

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Georg William 'Billy' Bitzer, Billy Bitzer, Georg William Bitzer

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April 21, 1998

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The Sunbeam (1912)

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Intolerance (1916) -- (Movie Clip) A.D. 1572 -- Paris

Birth Of A Nation, The (1915) -- (Movie Clip) Plantation

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The Sunbeam (1912)

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Intolerance (1916) -- (Movie Clip) A.D. 1572 -- Paris Opening the second vignette, in France, introducing King Charles IX (Frank Bennett) and the queen-mother Catherine de Medici (Josephine Crowell), in D.W. Griffith's Intolerance, 1916.

Birth Of A Nation, The (1915) -- (Movie Clip) Plantation The Southern Camerons with their Northern guests the Stoneman's, Ben (Henry B. Walthall) showing Phil (Elmer Cifton) how very nice the slaves have it on the plantation, early in D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation, 1915.

Broken Blossoms (1919) -- (Movie Clip) Temple Of Buddha Following an opening establishing a "Chinese Treaty Port," D.W. Griffith introduces his maybe-protagonist, "The Yellow Man" (Richard Barthelmess), getting square with his deity before his trip to the West, in Broken Blossoms, 1919.

Broken Blossoms (1919) -- (Movie Clip) -- Lucy's Surroundings Following the introduction of co-star Richard Barthelmess as "The Yellow Man," orphan Lucy (Lillian Gish) is positioned in dire circumstances in London, her adopted father (Donald Crisp) much of the problem, in D.W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms, 1919.

Intolerance (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Great Gate Of Babylon Saving his biggest set for his fourth and last story, director D.W. Griffith introduces Babylon, the mountain girl (Constance Talmadge) and "The Rhapsode" (Elmer Clifton) featured, in Intolerance, 1916.

Intolerance (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Ancient Jerusalem Opening the third story, a brief look at Lillian Gish, the "eternal mother" rocking the cradle, then ancient Jerusalem, the director enamored of his shot of a camel, in D.W. Griffith's Intolerance, 1916.

Intolerance (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Our First Story The introduction of the first, contemporary story from D.W. Griffith's Intolerance, 1916, featuring the well-to-do Miss Jenkins (Vera Lewis).

Birth Of A Nation, The -- (Movie Clip) Little Colonel A portion of the first big battle scene, southerner Ben Cameron (Henry B. Walthall) with a noble gesture then another with a flag, from D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation, 1915.

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