FEMALE OF THE SPECIES (1912)- Mary Pickford, Claire Mcdowell, Dorothy Bernard @omar

Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

Without doubt, D. W. Griffith’s most underrated film is 1912’s “The Female of the Species”. Starring Mary Pickford, Claire Mcdowell, and Dorthy Bernard, the film has no climactic chases, no gun fights, and no social message like Griffith’s other Biographs- and yet, it is just as gripping, if not more so than those that feature them. Huge thanks to Christopher Snowden for loaning me his 8mm film print to scan and score. Enjoy!

Scanned from Christopher Snowden’s standard 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.

IMDB for “Female of the Species”: imdb.com/title/tt0002176

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES (1912)- Mary Pickford, Claire Mcdowell, Dorothy Bernard

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