Directors
73 films in this collection
Collection no. #132817 minD. W. Griffith
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Two Civil War soldiers named John leave their families to fight on opposite sides. After one kills the other, he unknowingly seeks shelter in his…
Collection no. #133214 minD. W. Griffith
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To finance his son's expensive habits, a physician creates a popular soft drink containing cocaine. Its success brings money into the household, but…
Collection no. #133414 minD. W. Griffith
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A young girl helps a Confederate soldier evade capture near her home. Later, when her wounded Union father is pursued to the same house, that small…
Collection no. #135516 minD. W. Griffith
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A minister buys a fashionable hat for a young woman using money secretly left by her dying mother. Village gossip turns the gift into a scandal,…
Collection no. #142017 minD. W. Griffith
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A young woman dismisses her boyfriend as a coward, then is forced to drive an escaped convict away. Seeing the abduction, the boyfriend commandeers a…
Collection no. #145316 minD. W. Griffith
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An orphaned seamstress is falsely accused of theft and escapes from the city into the countryside. A farming family offers her shelter, but the…
Collection no. #145916 minD. W. Griffith
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A Confederate officer's visit to his sweetheart attracts pursuing Union soldiers. A poorer young woman, secretly in love with him, puts on his coat…
Collection no. #151314 minD. W. Griffith
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A patient escapes a mental institution and reaches the doctor's home with a gun. The frightened woman inside discovers that music can interrupt his…
Collection no. #151413 minD. W. Griffith
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A westbound wagon party loses its water after an attack. Two romantic rivals set out for help, and their struggle against thirst turns private…
Collection no. #152023 minD. W. Griffith
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An extortion gang forces a widower to plant a bomb at a wealthy man's home. Just after lighting the fuse, he realizes that his own young daughter has…
Collection no. #153417 minD. W. Griffith
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A young businessman proposes to a waitress while recovering at a hotel, then withdraws after returning to his wealthy family. Her visit on the day of…
Collection no. #153816 minD. W. Griffith
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A child befriends a miser and a petty thief while her mother lies ill. When other criminals threaten the girl to obtain the old man's savings, the…
Collection no. #167011 minD. W. Griffith
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John leaves his wife for Mary, but their new life ends in tragedy when Mary dies after childbirth. His former wife raises the baby while keeping John…
Collection no. #170317 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Nora leaves an unhappy home to attend school, where ridicule and humiliation deepen her loneliness. A traveling seller exploits her vulnerability…
Collection no. #28670 minD. W. Griffith
70 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A Chinese idealist arrives in London hoping to share a message of peace but becomes disillusioned. His care for a girl abused by her father gives…
Collection no. #30084 minD. W. Griffith
84 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A young reader of Poe is forbidden by his uncle to pursue the woman he loves. Thoughts of suffering and death lead him toward a terrible solution.…
Collection no. #39759 minD. W. Griffith
59 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A besieged city approaches surrender as its population runs short of food and hope. A widow decides to enter the enemy camp and use the commander's…
Collection no. #48555 minD. W. Griffith
55 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A young man leaves his family for a theatrical career and gradually loses the stability of his earlier life. Memories of home inspire a song that…