The Lonely Villa (1909) D. W. Griffith
Channel: Iconauta
Date: 2021-01-08

_*The Lonely Villa*_ is a thriller film directed by https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLue4rhsHxp6_uP_av6zYT1tGgyQXcgWGB
written by *Mack Sennett* and based on the play _Au telephone_ by *André de Lorde* . It movie was produced by *Biograph Company* and released the 10th of June 1909.

In this film, *Griffith* makes masterful use of "intercutting". This technique is intended to express the contemporaneity between two or more actions and consists in building a sequence by alternating the scenes that compose it according to the scheme: A1, B1, A2, B2… etc. In this film, Griffith alternates not two but three different scenes: the women barricaded in the house (7:52), the thieves who try to enter (8:29), the father who runs to rescue them (9:52). Griffith passes from one scene to the other, creating a fast-paced rhythm that drags the viewer into a progressive whirlwind of suspense. 
The intercutting technique of editing became common amongst American directors only from 1912.

Starring
Anthony O'Sullivan as A Burglar (0:12)
Herbert Prior as A Burglar (0:12)
Owen Moore - A Burglar (0:12)
David Miles as Robert Cullison (0:40)
Marion Leonard as Mrs. Robert Cullison (0:40)
Mary Pickford as the eldest Cullison daughter (0:40)
Gladys Egan as the youngest Cullison daughter (0:40)
Adele DeGarde as the second eldest Cullison daughter (0:40)
Mack Sennett as the Butler (0:44) and a Policeman 
Anita Hendrie as the Maid (0:46)
Charles Avery guest at the Inn 
John R. Cumpson as At the Inn
Arthur V. Johnson as At the Inn
Violet Mersereau as At the Inn

Directed by *David Wark Griffith*
Written by *Mack Sennet* and *André de Lorde*
Cinematography by *Billy Bitzer* and *Arthr Marvin*

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The French playwriter *André de Lorde* also wrote the screenplay for *Maurice Tourneur* 's movie _*Figures de cire_* : https://youtu.be/ZVVCtvZcRd4

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