Ramona (1910 film)

Through a love story, the early silent short explores racial injustice to Native Americans and stars Mary Pickford and Henry B.

They fall deeply in love, yet their desire to wed is denied by Ramona's foster mother, who reacts by exiling Alessandro from her ranch.

Still based in New York to rival the now broken up Edison Company, Biograph needed a fresh face.

The company actually began its venture out West to Hollywood thanks to Griffith's work on Ramona because he wanted to film on location in Ventura, California.

Bitzer was hired originally as an electrician for the Biograph company, but his love of cameras pushed him to become one of cinema's most inventive pioneers.

[5] Bitzer's experimental nature is beautifully showcased in the film's sweeping landscape shots of the California mountains and distinct editing techniques like cross-cutting.