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Intolerance review by from London

Dated but still visually impressive 12 August 2004
...D.W. Griffith's second epic may lack the strength and focus of 'The Birth of a Nation', but its cross-cutting between four different narratives set in four different eras (A... Read customer review

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Mary Pickford - The Muse of the Movies (2009)
Starring: Michael York, Mary Pickford, Charles Buddy Rogers
Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos
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"Mary Pickford, The Muse of the Movies" traces the life and work of this legendary silent film star, movie pioneer, and keen businesswoman. Pickford's life (1892-1979) also parallels an even larger story, telling of the "birth of the cinema" itself. Pickford co-created United Artists Studios, ..read more »

13% from 3 members
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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Starring: Ian Keith, Hobart Bosworth, Walter Huston
Director: D.W. Griffith
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One of the final works by pioneering director D.W. Griffith. The film chronicles the life of the revered American President, Abraham Lincoln, from his birth and childhood through to his assassination. The most detailed passages concern the years of the Civil War. Lincoln is played by Walter Huston.

45% from 130 members
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W.C. Fields - Sally Of The Sawdust on DVD (1925)
Starring: Carol Dempster, Effie Shannon, Alfred Lunt
Director: D.W. Griffith
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W.C. Fields makes a rare silent screen appearance in this adaptation of Dorothy Donnelly's stage success 'Poppy'. Loveable conman Professor Eustace McGargle (Fields) is forced to take orphaned waif Sally (Carol Dempster) under his wing, adopting her as his own daughter. McGargle's attempts to ..read more »

54% from 123 members

Way Down East (1920)
Starring: Florence Short, Josephine Bernard, Lillian Gish
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Poverty-stricken Anna Moore (Lillian Gish) goes to the big city to seek help but instead has a fateful meeting with the bounder Lennox Sanderson (Lowell Sherman), who fakes a marriage ceremony, gets her pregnant, and then abandons her. Destitute and unloved, Anna finds work in the home of Squire ..read more »

66% from 272 members
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Starring: Wilbur Higby, Ernest Butterworth, George Beranger
Director: D.W. Griffith
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DW Griffith's classic melodrama. Cheng Huan, a Chinese man, has taken it upon himself to bring the teaching of Buddhism to the Western world. Soon after arriving in London's Limehouse he becomes despondent by the lack of interest and underlying racism and decides to become a shopkeeper. However, ..read more »

64% from 543 members
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Intolerance (1916)
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Mae Marsh, Elmo Lincoln
Director: D.W. Griffith
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D. W. Griffith's epic investigation of intolerance across the ages. Set in four distinct historical periods - ancient Babylon, Judea at the time of Christ, France during the build up to the St Bartholomew's Day massacre, and early 20th century America - its huge cast and elaborate sets made it one ..read more »

64% from 864 members
Due for release on 19th August 2013

The Birth of a Nation - Blu-ray (1915)
Starring: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Both celebrated as a landmark achievement in the development of film form and reviled for its racist characterisations and affirmation of the Ku Klux Klan, D W Griffith's epic account of the American Civil War and its aftermath is still one of the most controversial films ever made. It tells the ..read more »

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The Birth of a Nation on DVD (1915)
Starring: Aitken Spottiswoode, Mae Marsh, Erich Von Stroheim
Director: D.W. Griffith
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The most successful and artistically advanced film of its time, The Birth of a Nation has also sparked protests, riots, and divisiveness since its first release. The film tells the story of the Civil War and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of two families. The Stonemans hail from the North, ..read more »

56% from 1,934 member

Saddles, Saloons And Six Shooters (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Clark Gable, John Wayne, Errol Flynn
Director: D.W. Griffith, George B. Seitz, Charles Swickard
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60% from 34 members

D.W. Griffith facts

5 most recent films

Mary Pickford - The Muse of the Movies - 0.5 stars
Abraham Lincoln - 2.5 stars
W.C. Fields - Sally Of The Sawdust - 3.0 stars
Way Down East - 3.5 stars
Broken Blossoms - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Way Down East - 3.5 stars
Intolerance - 3.5 stars
Broken Blossoms - 3.0 stars
The Birth of a Nation - 3.0 stars
W.C. Fields - Sally Of The Sawdust - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Birth of a Nation - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Mary Pickford - The Muse of the Movies - 0.5 stars
Saddles, Saloons And Six Shooters - 3.0 stars
Abraham Lincoln - 2.5 stars
W.C. Fields - Sally Of The Sawdust - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lillian Gish - 19 times - show films
Mae Marsh - 13 times - show films
Robert Harron - 9 times - show films
Eugene Pallette - 8 times - show films
Miriam Cooper - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

George B. Seitz - 1 times - show films
Charles Swickard - 1 times - show films
Nicholas Eliopoulos - 1 times - show films

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