The Cat and the Canary (Paul Leni, 1927)by noreply@blogger.com (Scott Lord on Silent Film, Scott Lord on Danish Silent Film, Scott Lord on Swedish Film, Scott Lord on Mystery Film)
Perhaps overshadowed by the double exposures of the opening shot, the film begins with a subjective point of view of a ghost, dollying in to show the apparition had been wandering the earth for two decades. Paul Leni
D.W. Griffith directed the Revolutionary War film "1776 or the Hessian Renedgades" during 1909. Director D.W. Griffith appears on screen in the film with wife, Linda Arvidson, Kate Bruce, Florence Lawrence, Marion Keonard, Lottie Pickford and Mary Pickford. The film was photographed by cinematographers G.W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin.
America directed by D.W. Griffith