D.W. Griffith Movies

Intimate views of the movie stars of the Silent Era, at work and play; featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Lillian Gish and others.

Phillips Christy an amateur sociologist from a wealthy family, subscribes to the theory that people are shaped by their environment. When he falls in...

A careless nurse girl allowing the child to wander away, made the mother realize the poignancy of the little verse: "If we knew the baby's fingers /...

A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, heads for the surf, brandishing a knife. Innocent...

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one...

He had no thought, but to work and save money. His poor wife did nothing but drudge, with no return other than an existence. One day, a young man...

Marion lives in a house that becomes a place of safety—or a "refuge"—for a man fleeing from danger. A group of criminals waits for a...

An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary...

As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her.

It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors— place themselves in the way of...

Hidalgo offers his daughter's hand in marriage when he can't repay a loan to Manuella. But when Manuella overhears the daughter bidding farewell to...

The story tells of the young widowed mother of two children who is forced by extreme poverty to part with one of her children, a baby girl, by...

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young gentleman who's there for the summer. However,...

Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals off of a flower, while the other has her fortune told...

An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune,...

A court fool believes the Duke is after his beautiful daughter, and arranges to have the Duke murdered. The daughter overhears the plot and,...

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a note of reconciliation but throws it away....

A group of youth come of age in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies, bringing...