Way Down East
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 127 minutes |
Year | 1920 |
Actors | Lillian-Gish; Richard-Barthelmess; Lowell-Sherman |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | William-A-Brady; Joseph-R-Grismer |
Description | 881. WAY DOWN EAST (1920-USA). Produced, directed and co-written by D.W. Griffith. With LILLIAN GISH, RICHARD BARTHELMESS, LOWELL SHERMAN, CREIGHTON HALE. “Since the beginning of time, man has been polygamousÑeven the Saints of biblical history. But today, a better ideal is growing, an ideal of one man for one woman. Today, woman brought up from […] |
Dream Street
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 127 minutes |
Year | 1921 |
Actors | Carol-Dempster; Charles-Emmett-Mack; Ralph-Graves |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | D-W-Griffith; Thomas-Burke |
Producers | D-W-Griffith |
Description | Two brothers find themselves in the middle of a classic love triangle as they compete for the love of the beautiful Gypsy Fair in this D.W. Griffith film. |
Home Sweet Home
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 76 minutes |
Year | 1914 |
Actors | Henry-B-Walthall; Josephine-Crowell; Lillian-Gish |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | D-W-Griffith; H-E-Aitken |
Description | 813. HOME SWEET HOME (1914-USA). Directed and co-written by D.W. GRIFFITH. With LILLIAN GISH, DOROTHY GISH, HENRY WALTHALL, MAE MARSH, BLANCHE SWEET, ROBERT HARRON, DONÂALD CRISP. “Suggested by the life of John Howard Payne and his immortal song . . . [this play] is not bioÂgraphical, but photo-dramatic and allegorical, and might apply lo the […] |
Short Films Of D.W. Griffith Volume I, The
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 59 minutes |
Year | 1911 |
Actors | Mary-Pickford; Charles-Hill-Mailes; Kate-Bruce; Charles-West; Claire-McDowell; Blanche-Sweet |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | Anita-Loos; Frances-Marion |
Description | 779. THE SHORT FILMS Of D.W. GRIFFITH. Vol. I (1911, 1912-USA). One reel films shot at the Biograph Studios by BILLY BITZER, directed by D.W. GRIFFITH. Even before achieving fame with “The Birth Of a Nation”. Griffith had a reputation for being creative, imaginative and stubÂborn. Conflicts with Biograph management were eventual, but in these […] |
Babylon Story From Intolerance, The
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 34 minutes |
Year | 1916 |
Actors | Constance-Talmadge |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Description | 646. THE BABYLON STORY FROM INTOLERANCE (1916-USA). With CONSTANCE TALMADGE, directed by D.W. GRIFFITH. A condensation from “Intolerance,” one of the greatest films of all time. Watch a simple mountain girl try to save the King of Babylonia! 34 minutes. “Silent” Film |
Birth Of A Nation, The
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 127 minutes |
Year | 1915 |
Actors | Lillian-Gish; Mae-Marsh; Henry-B-Walthall |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | Thomas-F-Dixon-Jr |
Description | 7. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915-U5A). Directed by D.W, GRIFFITH. With LILLIAN GISH, HENRY B. WALTHALl, MAE MARSH. MIRIAM COOPER. “It is like history written with lightning.Ó So stated President Woodrow Wilson upon seeing Griffith’s epic drama of the Civil War. With this immortal masterpiece, the cinema was born, and was instantly established as […] |
True Heart Susie
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 93 minutes |
Year | 1919 |
Actors | Lilliam-Gish; Robert-Harron; Wilbur-Higby |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | Marian-Fremont |
Description | 462. TRUE HEART SUSIE (1919-USA). With LILLIAN Gish. Directed by D.W. Griffith, “Is Real Life Interesting? Do men look for a true heart in Women? To women waiting for the love that never comes, this story is dedicated.” Thus begins a story of a “plain” girl down on the farm and her love William. Sacrificing […] |
Intolerance
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 127 minutes |
Year | 1916 |
Actors | Lillian-Gish; Mae-Marsh; Robert-Harron |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | D-W-Griffith; Anita-Loos |
Description | 464. INTOLERANCE (I916-usa). WITH mae marsh, robert harron, lillian gish, constance TALMADGE. Directed by D.W. Griffith. An enormous undertaking. The story Of man’s inhumanity to man unfolds in four separate stories told at the same time. Using the unifying image Of a mother rocking a cradle, Griffith interacts among the four stories showing “intolerance” throughout […] |
Sally Of The Sawdust
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 124 minutes |
Year | 1925 |
Actors | Carol-Dempster; W-C-Fields; Alfred-Lunt |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | Dorothy-Donnelly; Forrest-Halsey |
Description | 399. SALLY OF THE SAWDUST (1925-USA). With W.C. fields, carol dempster, alfred lunt. Directed by D.W. GRIFFITH. Two of the cinema’s greatest talents- W.C. Fields and D.W. Griffith- teamed to create this captivating blend of comedy, romance, sentimentality and melodrama. Fields’ first major movie, it established his distinctive screen personality and assured his stardom. Fields […] |
Abraham Lincoln
Genre | Griffith |
Duration | 85 minutes |
Year | 1930 |
Actors | Una-Merkel; Kay-Hammond; Henry-Walthall; William-L-Thorne |
Director | D-W-Griffith |
Writers | John-W-Considine-Jr; Stephen-Vincent-Benet |
Description | 4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930-USA). Directed by D.W. Griffith. With walter Huston, UNA merkel, kay hammond, henry walthall. Screenplay by Stephen VINCENT BENET. Griffith’s first sound film is a tasteful, dignified biography Of Lincoln from his birth in a log cabin to his assassination in Ford’s Theatre. Most Of the familiar events are here: Lincoln’s romance […] |