The gondolier becomes boot-black.

The grape-gathering peasant girl becomes the suffering slum mother.

They are not specialized characters like Pendennis or Becky Sharp in the Novels of Thackeray.
Omitting the last episode, the entrance into the house of Corrigan, The Italian is a strong piece of work.
Another kind of Crowd Picture is The Battle, an old Griffith Biograph, first issued in 1911, before Griffith's name or that of any actor in films was advertised.

Blanche Sweet is the leading lady, and Charles H.
West the leading man.

The psychology of a bevy of village lovers is conveyed in a lively sweet-hearting dance.