Cinematography: Arthur Marvin

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Arthur Marvin. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Lonely Villa (S)

1909 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast David Miles · Marion Leonard · Mary Pickford · Gladys Egan

Plot A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior...

6.0

169 votes

6.0

169 votes

The Golden Louis (S)

1909 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Anita Hendrie · Adele DeGarde · Owen Moore · Charles Inslee

Plot An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune,...

5.8

80 votes

5.8

80 votes

Faithful (S)

1910 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Arthur V. Johnson · Mack Sennett · Florence Barker · Kate Bruce

Plot Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner when his car accidentally brushes against the tramp 'Faithful' and knocks him...

5.6

25 votes

5.6

25 votes

A Child of the Ghetto (S)

1910 · Movie · 16 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Dorothy West · Kate Bruce · Dell Henderson · Charles West

Plot After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused...

5.5

21 votes

5.5

21 votes

At the Altar (S)

1909 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

5.3

23 votes

5.3

23 votes

How They Rob Men in Chicago (S)

1900 · Movie · 1 min. · United States

Direction Wallace McCutcheon

Plot A burlesque on the work of highwaymen in Chicago. An elderly gentleman is sandbagged and robbed by a thug, who inadvertently leaves some money on the victim's prostate body. A...

5.2

67 votes

5.2

67 votes

The Adventures of Dollie (S)

1908 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith · G.W. Bitzer

Cast Arthur V. Johnson · Linda Arvidson · Gladys Egan · Charles Inslee

Plot On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing. A gypsy basket peddler happens along, and is angered when...

5.2

139 votes

5.2

139 votes

The Hessian Renegades (S)

1909 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Owen Moore · Linda Arvidson · Kate Bruce · William J. Butler

Plot During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian...

5.1

30 votes

5.1

30 votes

Resurrection (S)

1909 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Arthur V. Johnson · Florence Lawrence · Marion Leonard · Owen Moore

Plot Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for...

5.1

22 votes

5.1

22 votes

The Voice of the Violin (S)

1909 · Movie · 16 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Arthur V. Johnson · Marion Leonard · Frank Powell · David Miles

Plot A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his anger he joins a communist group who plan to blow up a...

5.0

31 votes

5.0

31 votes

The Cricket on the Hearth (S)

1909 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Owen Moore · Violet Mersereau · Linda Arvidson · Dorothy West

Plot Because of poverty Edward Plummer leaves his family and his sweetheart May and goes to sea. While he is away, his sister Dot marries John Peerybingle. Mrs. Fielding, the mother...

5.0

21 votes

5.0

21 votes

Betrayed by a Handprint (S)

1908 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Florence Lawrence · Harry Solter · Linda Arvidson · Kate Bruce

Plot A girl who has lost heavily at cards steals her hostess' jewels during the night, but is betrayed by a handprint which is compared with one taken earlier by a...

5.0

30 votes

5.0

30 votes

The Renunciation (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mary Pickford · Anthony O'Sullivan · James Kirkwood · Harry Solter

Plot Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.

4.9

30 votes

4.9

30 votes

Pippa Passes (The Song of Conscience) (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Gertrude Robinson · George Nichols · Arthur V. Johnson · Marion Leonard

Plot Our story opens with Pippa awakening in her little room with the morning's light pouring through the window, for the "day's at the morn; morning's at seven; the hillside's dew-pearled;...

4.9

24 votes

4.9

24 votes

The Black Viper (S)

1908 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith · Wallace McCutcheon Jr.

Cast Edward Dillon · George Gebhardt · Mack Sennett · D.W. Griffith

Plot A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and...

4.9

46 votes

4.9

46 votes

The Politician's Love Story (S)

1909 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mack Sennett · Kathlyn Williams · Lee Dougherty · Marion Leonard

Plot A corrupt politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to shoot the cartoonist. On discovering the cartoonist is a pretty woman, he falls...

4.8

40 votes

4.8

40 votes

The Taming of the Shrew (S)

1908 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Florence Lawrence · Arthur V. Johnson · Linda Arvidson · Mack Sennett

Plot Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

4.8

34 votes

4.8

34 votes

The Call of the Wild (S)

1908 · Movie · 16 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Charles Inslee · Harry Solter · Florence Lawrence · George Gebhardt

Plot George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a...

4.6

23 votes

4.6

23 votes

A Calamitous Elopement (S)

1908 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Harry Solter · Linda Arvidson · Charles Inslee · George Gebhardt

Plot A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house. They thus...

4.6

103 votes

4.6

103 votes

Balked at the Altar (S)

1908 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mabel Stoughton · Linda Arvidson · George Gebhardt · D.W. Griffith

Plot A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a husband. Her father decides to help her by pressuring and threatening an...

4.5

30 votes

4.5

30 votes