Collection no. #69413 minA Corner in Wheat
D. W. Griffith
13 min · Subtitles: English
A financier gains control of the wheat market while farmers continue their exhausting work and families struggle to buy bread. His success is…
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D. W. Griffith
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Collection no. #78115 minA Trap for Santa Claus
D. W. Griffith
15 min · Subtitles: English
An unemployed father abandons his family, believing they will be better off without him. An unexpected inheritance subsequently gives his wife and…
Collection no. #89512 minThe Adventures of Dollie
D. W. Griffith
12 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A family outing by the river becomes a search when a rejected peddler abducts the young daughter. Hidden inside a barrel, the child is carried away…
Collection no. #128613 minThe Salvation Army Lass
D. W. Griffith
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Mary loses her home and work after becoming associated with a fatal saloon fight. The Salvation Army offers her a new direction, but her former…
Collection no. #113317 minThe Taming of the Shrew
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Petruchio pursues the combative Katherina despite her determined resistance. After carrying her away from the wedding, he turns meals, clothing and…
Collection no. #117911 minThe Lonely Villa
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Burglars lure a homeowner away, leaving his wife and daughters inside with an unloaded pistol. A telephone call reveals the attack while he is…
Collection no. #11822 minThose Awful Hats
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An audience struggles to watch a film as extravagant hats block the screen. Complaints and attempts to improve the view turn the auditorium into its…
Collection no. #118710 minThe Hessian Renegades
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young messenger carrying vital information to General Washington is pursued by Hessian soldiers. A household gives him shelter, but the enemy…
Collection no. #11948 minAn Awful Moment
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
After a judge sentences a man, a woman seeking revenge follows the conflict into his home. She binds his wife and arranges a gun to fire when the…
Collection no. #128912 minResurrection
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Dimitri abandons Katusha after seducing her, then encounters her years later when she is facing punishment in court. Recognizing his part in…
Collection no. #13007 minEdgar Allen Poe
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Poe tries to sell a newly written poem so that he can buy food and medicine for his gravely ill wife. Rejections and a brief success delay his return…
Collection no. #130211 minThe Sealed Room
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A king builds a private chamber for himself and his lover, then discovers that she uses it to meet a court musician. His response turns a room…
Collection no. #132015 minThe Country Doctor
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A doctor is called to treat a poor woman's child while his own daughter is seriously ill. Messages from home grow more urgent, forcing him to choose…
Collection no. #132514 minThe Call of the Wild
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A Native American graduate returns from an eastern boarding school and declares his love for an officer's daughter. Her family's rejection drives him…
Collection no. #137112 minThe Renunciation
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two longtime friends working in a mining camp fall for the same woman. Their rivalry threatens to turn violent, until she interrupts their quarrel…
Collection no. #13766 minThe Golden Louis
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A little girl begs in a snowy street while adults pursue their own distractions. A charitable coin left in her shoe draws the attention of a gambler,…
Collection no. #137712 minThe Violin Maker of Cremona
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two violin makers love Giannina, whose father offers her hand to the winner of a competition. Rivalry and secret exchanges of instruments place one…
Collection no. #144110 minThe Black Viper
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man protects a young woman from a thug, who retaliates by kidnapping him. She gathers neighbours to follow the attackers into the mountains, where…