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The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)

The Greaser's Gauntlet poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
action film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
17 min
Rating
1.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man must navigate danger and deception after being drawn into a risky situation. The film uses quick cuts between events happening at the same time.

silentold-fashioneddramaticrapid-pacedpioneeringearnestadventuroushistorical

What happens

The Greaser's Gauntlet is a 1908 American silent short adventure film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was released by the Biograph Company and copyrighted on August 6, 1908. The film introduced the first extended use of parallel editing in Griffith's work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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