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Intolerance is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith.Subtitled as Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages, [2] [3] the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Judean story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the ...
Construction. Demolished. 1919. The Intolerance Babylon set was a recreation of the Gates of Babylon used for the 1916 movie Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith. The set-piece gained notoriety after the completion of the motion picture for not being torn down until several years after the movie's release. The set stood at the intersection of ...
William K. Everson, American Silent Film (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978) Richard Schickel, D.W. Griffith: An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984) William M. Drew, D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance:" Its Genesis and Its Vision (Jefferson, NJ: McFarland & Company, 1986) Tom Gunning, D.W. Griffith and the Origin of the American ...
These are the films directed by the pioneering American filmmaker D. W. Griffith (1875–1948). According to IMDb , he directed 518 films between 1908 and 1931. 1908
After the deeply divisive reception of "The Birth of a Nation," director D.W. Griffith released "Broken Blossoms," in which a young, abused girl finds comfort in the company of a kind Chinese man ...
The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, [ 5 ] is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr. 's 1905 novel and play The Clansman. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. Woods and produced the film with Harry Aitken.
Miriam Cooper. Miriam Cooper (born Marian Cooper and also credited Marion Cooper; November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) [1] was an American silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D. W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh.
Box office. $600,000 (US) [ 1 ] or $1.25 million [ 2 ] Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, often referred to simply as Broken Blossoms, is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919. It stars Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Donald Crisp, and ...